Face Deportation: Toronto Friday and News Conference

face deportation: We're doing away with a measure that could potentially result in people choosing reluctantly to remain in abusive relationships as opposed to moving out and getting out of those abusive relationships, he said at a news conference in Toronto Friday, according to CBC. The Conservative measure required newcomers to live in a conjugal relationship with their sponsoring spouse for two years or face deportation. Hussen said the conditional permanent residency, which was brought in by the Conservatives in 2012, was leaving some women in harmful domestic situations. Liberals repeal residency requirement Canadians divided on immigration Women face most danger when fleeing abusive relationship When the Conservatives enacted it, then immigration minister Jason Kenney said the change targeted con artists who dupe Canadians into marriage then dump them once they get to Canada. Vast majority of marriages valid But Hussen said the policy did not achieve its intended outcomes, and that reversing course reflects the government's commitment to eradicating gender-based violence. It was also designed to deal with marriages of convenience, where two persons pretend to be in love for one to gain entry to Canada, often in exchange for money. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.