REGINA – Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says the federal government is not tossing aside anyone who has been trying to get into Canada.
Kenney says people whose applications have been returned to them can reapply under new immigration programs – if they want to and are qualified.
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Ottawa is legislating away a backlog of 280,000 applications made before 2008, saying it’s a necessary part of modernizing the immigration system.
Some would-be immigrants said this week that they’re taking the federal government to court.
Kenney says the government anticipated some immigration lawyers would try – in his words – to make a buck by suing the government.
But Kenney says the legislation is lawful and fair and will survive any judicial challenge.
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