Afghan-Canadians who worked for the Canadian military in Afghanistan are asking the Federal Court to declare a special immigration program for Ukrainians in breach of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and expand it to include nationals from all countries.
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OTTAWA — Afghan-Canadians who worked for the Canadian military in Afghanistan are asking the Federal Court to declare a special immigration program for Ukrainians in breach of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and expand it to include nationals from all countries.
Two Afghan-Canadian men filed the lawsuit this week in a move they say may also be the last step left in a long fight by former language and cultural advisers to rescue their families from abroad.
“We are proud Canadians, we are proud of what we did for Canada and now we are being treated like trash,” said one of the men, who is referred to as “John Doe 1” in the lawsuit and who only spoke to the Star on the condition he not be named to protect his family.
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Their application argues the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) program is discriminatory because its wide-ranging provisions only apply to Ukrainians, as opposed to all those fleeing conflict.
The program also discriminates based on race, the lawsuit says.
“Ukrainians are predominantly white and European. Afghans are predominantly dark-skinned and Muslim. Thus, the CUAET has the effect of distinguishing based on race, colour, ethnic origin and religion, which are prohibited grounds under s. 15 of the Charter,” reads the application, which was obtained by the Star on Friday.
The men are asking for the court to declare the program in breach of the Charter, and order it applied to all foreign nationals.
王姐看看这个,是不是厚道。
全世界救苦救难,现在被告违反人权种族歧视。是不是中国干扰的?
一碗水端不平呀!天天民主人权挂嘴上,如果没有无底钱袋广济天下,厚此薄彼就违反自己的道德标榜,怎么办呢?
asking the Federal Court to declare a special immigration program for Ukrainians in breach of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and expand it to include nationals from all countries.