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Immigration

Case

Description

Year

Facta

Irshad v. Ontario (Ministry of Health)

This case was a constitutional challenge to Ontario legislation, which excludes most new immigrants from OHIP coverage for a period of three months or longer...

2001


Francis v. Canada (Ont.)

This case involved a Grenadian woman who, after being in Canada without immigration status for nine years, was ordered deported. She had two Canadian-born children; her third child, born in Grenada, was ordered deported with her...

1999


Canadian Council of Churches v. Her Majesty the Queen and the Minister of Employment and Immigration

The Canadian Council of Churches, an advocacy group, initiated a Charter challenge against amendments to the federal Immigration Act concerning refugee status. They argued that most of the amended provisions violated the Charter and the Canadian Bill of Rights by threatening the personal security of refugees...

1992