Time is running out for Sarah Wallace and her children. On Tuesday, September 8, please flood the offices of Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino with phone calls and emails (samples below) to IRCC.Minister-Ministre.IRCC@cic.gc.ca; Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca 613-992-6361, 416-781-5583 to Issue Temporary Resident Visas for Sarah and JP’s 2 legal guardian children – Jean-Moise (4) & Eva-Maria (2). Sarah is over 7 months pregnant and urgently needs to return to Canada due to medical concerns. She and JP are the only parents Jean-Moise (4) & Eva-Maria (2) have known since they were abandoned at 6 months and 1 day old respectively.
Canada has seriously misread its own Covid-19 Travel Restrictions regulations by claiming the two dependent children – over whom their parents have legal guardianship – are not “Immediate Family Members”. The government must immediately correct this potentially lethal error.
Please join us in demanding that Minister Marco Mendicino process and grant Jean-Moise’s and Eva-Maria’s temporary resident visa applications.
SAMPLE EMAIL:
(Feel free to add in a personal statement at the end—ie, “As a parent, I cannot imagine the impossible choice before Sarah right now” or “People’s lives should not be at risk because of bureaucratic paperwork issues”, etc.)
Subject Line: Please Issue Temporary Resident Visas to Jean-Moise Michael Kessa, aged 4, and Eva-Maria Doris aged 2
To: IRCC.Minister-Ministre.IRCC@cic.gc.ca; Marco.Mendicino@parl.gc.ca
Cc: Francois-Philippe.Champagne@parl.gc.ca; Soraya.MartinezFerrada@parl.gc.ca;
tasc@web.ca; ps.ministerofpublicsafety-ministredelasecuritepublique.sp@canada.ca
Dear Minister Mendicino,
September 20 is the last day that Sarah Wallace will be able to fly home from Haiti as she will be 35 weeks pregnant. Her two Haitian children, Jean-Moise and Eva-Maria have already been abandoned one too many times in their lives. Sarah will not leave Haiti without them. We need your help to bring Sarah back to Canada, united with her family.
I am writing to demand that you exercise your power under Section 25.1 (1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Humanitarian and compassionate considerations) to issue Temporary Resident Visas to Jean-Moise Michael Kessa, aged 4, and Eva-Maria Doris, aged 2 so they can travel to Canada with their legal-guardian Canadian Mother, Father and brother.
As you should know, the situation in Haiti has deteriorated over the past few years. Political instability has led to power outages, gas shortages, riots, roads barricaded, increased indiscriminate violence, frequent kidnappings, and now Covid19 has just added one more serious concern. There have been weeks of no city power and when there is power it is only on for a few hours every couple of days. There have been major diesel shortages for weeks on end. The local and private hospitals are not open during the night if they don’t have any diesel to run their generators when there is no city power. This, coupled with the possibility of roads being blocked in protest at any point, makes the availability of urgent care extremely uncertain.
For over 2 years, Sarah has not left Haiti for regular respite because she could not travel with her Haitian children. Now, at 7 months pregnant, she not only needs to return to Canada for much needed break, but also for the safe delivery of her baby.
There is nothing complicated in this request. You can issue a permit immediately. Failure to do so will have tragic consequences. Should Sarah have complications with this delivery as she did with the last there is a chance that Sarah and/or her baby will die. Is Canada really ready to risk a Canadian Mothers life only because under Covid19 Regulations her children are not considered Immediate family?
Your office has issued similar permits to other Canadian parents, many with far less documentation than has been provided for these 2 children, allowing them to bring Haitian children to Canada. The children’s application for permits – with all the necessary supporting documents that show what a loving, strong family they are – has been received by your office.
As you will see by the extensive documentation to date, their adoption process is well on its way to being complete. Sarah and JP are committed to completing their children's national adoptions in Haiti and will return to Haiti when necessary to do so.
Your Name and Address
PHONE CALL:
Call Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino at 613-992-6361, 416-781-5583
Sample phone message (leave one if you get the answering machine)
Hi, my name is XXXXX and I'm calling from TOWN, PROVINCE. I’m calling to support Sarah Wallace and her two children, Jean-Moise and Eva-Maria Doris. The Canadian government must allow these two children into Canada. The children need Temporary Resident Visas immediately to travel with their Canadian Mother, Sarah, who needs immediate medical attention as she is 7+ months pregnant. Please issue the visas today so the family can stay together. It's the right thing to do. Thank you."
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