e-1000 (Immigration)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-23-19 Government Response to petitions concerning immigration
- Discretionary powers
- Permanent resident status
- Pollack, Louis
- Thewys, Sophie
Original language of petition: French
Petition to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
- Nicolas Faubert, spouse of Sophie Thewys, submitted a sponsorship application for her and her son, Louis Pollack, in 2014, and that these applications were approved on January 9, 2017;
- On December 24, 2016, Mr. Faubert died in a tragic accident;
- Further to the death certificate of Mr. Faubert sent on January 12, 2017, and despite the approval of the sponsorship applications, they were rejected;
- Ms. Thewys and Mr. Faubert have a daughter, Zoé, a Canadian citizen who is six years old;
- According to Zoé’s psychologist, changing her environment following a death would be an additional trauma for her. Zoé needs to be surrounded by her family and friends in order to grow up in a stable and familiar environment and reduce the impact of the loss of her father on her development;
- Zoé’s memories of her father, as well as the assets he left her, are in Canada; and
- The rescinding of permanent resident status under these circumstances is cruel and would require the applicants to leave Canada with Zoé, which will seriously harm her development;
- Open for signature
- March 28, 2017, at 2:03 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- July 26, 2017, at 2:03 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Matthew Dubé
(Beloeil—Chambly)
September 27, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01688) - Government response tabled
- November 20, 2017