e-2194 (India)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- Canada has one of the largest numbers of immigrants from India;
- Some Indian citizens, with malafide intention, get married in India, commit continuing offenses by way of subjecting their spouse to cruelty/violence to meet unlawful demands and breaching of trust in marriage; they then come to Canada, secure their Canadian/PR citizenship and abandon their spouses;
- Subsequently, victims must file their complaints in the country of marriage. However, once charges are laid in India, individuals willfully avoid criminal proceedings through various measures. Victims are kept waiting for justice for years/indefinitely;
- Residing in Canada after marrying fraudulently and after abusing financially, physically, and/or mentally is an easy escape for criminals who obtain undue advantage of India’s and Canada’s judicial system, inciting more fraudsters to indulge in it; and
- Victims, mostly unsuspecting/vulnerable Indian women (sometimes men) are hit financially, psychologically, and emotionally with diminished quality of life & disrupted family life for years, sometimes their entire life. Children get affected too.
- Open for signature
- May 17, 2019, at 9:20 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- June 16, 2019, at 9:20 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Ruby Sahota
(Brampton North)
June 20, 2019 (Petition No. 421-04798) - Government response tabled
- August 21, 2019