Sister Tania: Montoya and Michelle Mcquigge

sister tania: By Michelle McQuigge The Canadian Press Wed., Aug. 10, 2016 Ottawa has overturned a decision that saw an Ontario university professor denied permanent residency in Canada because his son has Down syndrome, according to Toronto Star. Felipe Montoya had been working at York University as a tenured professor of environmental studies when he and his family submitted their application to Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Nicolas is pictured here, right, with his mother Alejandra Garcia and his sister Tania. The family bid was denied on the grounds that 13-year-old Nicolas Montoya has Down Syndrome and would place an excessive burden on the Canadian health-care system. But Montoya says the decision handed down earlier this year was overturned last week through ministerial intervention on compassionate grounds. Rules stipulate that if one member of a group application is inadmissible for permanent residency, the ruling applies to everyone else as well. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.