PGP 2019 - Federal government could face new lawsuit over family reunification program

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Interesting reading.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hussen-lawsuit-immigration-settlement-1.5157683

The federal government is facing an angry backlash and the prospect of more legal action by Canadians trying to bring their parents or grandparents into the country.

Outraged applicants are considering their next steps after learning the government made a secret settlement with more than 70 litigants and granted them coveted spots to apply to sponsor their family members.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/immigration-parent-sponsorship-legal-settlement-1.5154407

The federal government made a secret settlement to quash two lawsuits that claimed its contentious online application process to reunite immigrant families was flawed and unfair, CBC News has learned.

To resolve the group litigation, the government awarded at least 70 coveted spots to applicants allowing them to sponsor their parents' or grandparents' immigration to Canada.