OTTAWA, May 15 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On April 6, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration introduced Bill C-31, which will re-define the term “family” for the purposes of family-class immigration. The Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) notes that the family-class allows legitimate immigrants from other categories (such as entrepreneurs) to sponsor family members as immigrants. The current law restricts family to those individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption. The new Act will now include common-law partners and homosexuals as ‘spouses.’
Bill C-31 was debated at second reading May 1 and May 9. CFAC warns that the Act is a direct assault on the institutions of marriage and family, as legitimately married spouses, their children and aged parents will now have to wait additional months or years to be re-united with their family since the numbers admitted in the family-class are limited. Furthermore, the law would allow adoption of foreign children by same-sex couples.
CFAC encourages supporters to email your MP and send a copy to the Immigration critic and Immigration Minister.
To E-Mail Your MP: [email protected]
Please cc. your note to Immigration Minister, Elinor Caplan – [email protected]
and Official Opposition Critic, Leon Benoit – [email protected]