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David Raymond Amos‏ @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 47 others
RE My calls about my concerns about the former Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont being blocked entry to Canada  


https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/05/re-my-calls-about-my-concerns-about.html



#nbpoli#cdnpoli











Mon 29 Apr 2019 22.42 BST



 ---------- Original message ----------
From: "Minister / Ministre (IRCC)"<IRCC.Minister-Ministre.IRCC@cic.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2019 21:17:44 +0000
Subject: RE: RE My calls about my concerns about the former Catalonia
president Carles Puigdemont being blocked entry to Canada
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

La version fran?aise suit

Thank you for your email addressed to the Honourable Ahmed Hussen,
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.  Please note that
all comments and questions are taken seriously, and although
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) cannot provide a
personalized response to every message, we will review and consider
all comments received.

Are you writing about any of the following subjects?


*                     Deportations (see Canada Border Services
Agency<http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/security-securite/rem-ren-eng.html>);

*                     Information about your application (visit IRCC's
Services and Information<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application.html>
Website for information related to case status and processing times);

*                     Information about someone else's application
(you must be authorized to receive third-party information - see
Release of Information to an
Individual<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/release-information-individual.html>);

*                     Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) application
refusals<http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=422&top=16>
and corresponding eligibility and admissibility
considerations<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/visitors/eligibility-admissibility-considerations.html>;

*                     Travel advice<https://travel.gc.ca/travelling>,
including documents/requirements for travel or immigration to other
countries;

*                     General information about
visiting<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada.html>,
living<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/new-immigrants/prepare-life-canada.html>,
working<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada.html>,
or studying<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada.html>
in Canada;

*                     Physical Presence Calculator for citizenship
eligibility<https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do>;
and

*                     Allegations of
fraud<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/protect-fraud/report-fraud.html>.


If so, please visit the IRCC
Website<https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship.html>,
or IRCC's online Help
Centre<http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/index-featured-can.asp>
for the information that you are seeking.

If you are writing about another topic, the service standard for a
response to correspondence addressed to the Minister is six weeks if
it is determined that a reply is warranted.

Thank you, once again, for taking the time to write to the Minister.



Merci pour votre courriel adress? ? l'honorable Ahmed Hussen, ministre
de l'Immigration, des R?fugi?s et de la Citoyennet?. Veuillez noter
que tous les commentaires et toutes les questions sont pris au s?rieux
et bien qu'Immigration, R?fugi?s et Citoyennet? Canada (IRCC) ne peut
fournir une r?ponse personnalis?e ? chaque message, nous examinerons
et consid?rerons tous les commentaires re?us.


Ecrivez-vous sur l'un des sujets suivants?



*         Les expulsions (voir l'Agence des services frontaliers du
Canada<http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/security-securite/rem-ren-fra.html>);

*         Des informations sur votre demande (voir le site Service et
renseignements<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/services-e/index.asp>
d'IRCC pour l'information concernant l'?tat d'une demande et des
d?lais de traitement);

*         Informations sur la demande de quelqu'un d'autre (vous devez
?tre autoris? ? recevoir des informations de tiers - voir
Communication de renseignements personnels ? une personne
d?sign?e<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/information/demandes/communiquer-renseigne.asp>)
;

*         Le refus des demandes de visa de r?sident temporaire
(VRT)<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/centre-aide/reponse.asp?qnum=422&top=16>
et les consid?rations li?es ? la recevabilit? et ?
l'admissibilit?<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/ressources/outils/temp/visa/traitement/admissibilite.asp>;

*         Conseil aux voyageurs<https://voyage.gc.ca/voyager>, y
compris les documents/exigences pour les voyages ou l'immigration vers
d'autres pays;

  *   Comment visiter<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/visiter/index.asp>,
vivre<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/nouveaux/avant-demenagement.asp>,
travailler<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/travailler/index.asp> ou
?tudier<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/etudier/index.asp> au Canada.

*         Calculatrice de la p?riode de pr?sence
effective<https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do?lang=fr>
pour les demandes de citoyennet?; et

*         All?gations de
fraude<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/information/protection/fraude/signaler.asp
>)
and request a consent form. Please provide us with each person’s full
name as it appears on their application, their date of birth and
country of birth.

• Given our current high volume of media calls, please be advised that
we are working diligently on meeting your deadline.

If you are not a journalist and you are seeking general immigration
information, find answers to your questions in the Help
Centre<http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/index.asp>. We will not
be responding to your inquiry.

Applicants

• If you are contacting us about:
•        Your electronic travel authorization (eTA) application:
o   check the junk mail folder of the email address you provided on
your eTA application form. Some spam filters may block automated
emails from IRCC.
o   Consult the eTA help
tool<http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/eta-form-help.asp>.  It will
tell you what you need to do, depending on the issue you may be
having, either during or after you applied for an eTA.

• If you are inquiring about your case and have a case number, please
use this Web form<http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/web-form.asp>
if:
·         the normal processing
time<http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/index.asp> for
your application has passed and
·         you cannot check the status of your application
online<http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/my_application/status.asp> ,or
·         you wish to report important changes about your application,
such as births, deaths, marriages, divorces, adoptions, changes in
address, changes in job status

• Fraud and scams: Find out what to do to protect yourself or report
fraud<http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/index.asp>.

Sincerely,

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada


Version française *** The English version precedes ***

Nous vous remercions de votre courriel. Vous avez communiqué avec la
section des Relations avec les médias d’Immigration, Réfugiés et
Citoyenneté Canada.

Journalistes

Si vous êtes un journaliste et que votre demande a trait aux médias,
nous vous répondrons le plus tôt possible. Veuillez noter que cette
boîte aux lettres est surveillée du lundi au vendredi, de 8 h à 18 h
(heure de l’Est), sauf les jours fériés et dans les circonstances
exceptionnelles.

• Si vous êtes un journaliste demandant des renseignements au sujet
d’un cas, veuillez faire parvenir un courriel à l’adresse des
Relations avec les médias
(IRCC.COMMMediaRelations-RelationsmediasCOMM.IRCC@cic.gc.caIRCC.COMMMediaRelations-RelationsmediasCOMM.IRCC@cic.gc.ca>)
et demander un formulaire de consentement. Veuillez indiquer le nom
complet de la personne, tel qu’il figure sur sa demande, ainsi que sa
date de naissance et son pays de naissance.

• Nous recevons à l’heure actuelle un nombre exceptionnellement élevé
de requêtes médiatiques. Nous travaillons assidûment à respecter votre
heure de tombée.

Si vous n’êtes pas un journaliste et que vous demandez des
renseignements généraux sur l’immigration, vous trouverez des réponses
à vos questions dans le Centre
d'aide<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/centre-aide/index-en-vedette-int.asp>.
Nous ne répondrons pas à votre demande de renseignements.

Demandeurs

• Si vous nous contactez concernant :
·         Votre demande d’autorisation de voyage électronique (AVE) :
o   vérifiez la boîte de courrier indésirable de l’adresse de courriel
que vous avez fournie dans votre demande d’AVE. Certains filtres de
pourriels pourraient bloquer les courriels automatisés d’IRCC.
o    consultez l’outil d'aide relatif à
l'AVE<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/visiter/ave-aide-formulaire.asp>.
Il vous indiquera ce que vous devez faire, selon le problème que vous
rencontrez, pendant ou après votre demande d’AVE.

• Si vous demandez des renseignements au sujet de votre cas et que
vous possédez un numéro de cas, veuillez utiliser ce formulaire
Web<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/contacts/formulaire-web.asp> si :

  *   le délai de traitement
normal<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/information/delais/index.asp>
pour votre demande s’est écoulé, et
  *   vous ne pouvez pas vérifier l'état de votre demande en
ligne<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/ma_demande/etat.asp?>, ou
  *   vous souhaitez signaler des changements importants concernant
votre demande, comme une naissance, un décès, un mariage, un divorce,
une adoption, un changement d’adresse ou un changement de situation
d’emploi

• Fraude et escroqueries : Apprenez comment vous protéger contre la
fraude ou signaler une
fraude<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/immigrer/index.asp>.

Sincères salutations,

Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada



---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2019 17:12:23 -0400
Subject: RE My calls about my concerns about the former Catalonia
president Carles Puigdemont being blocked entry to Canada
To: IRCC.Minister-Ministre.IRCC@cic.gc.ca, Mathieu.Genest@cic.gc.ca,
IRCC.COMMMediaRelations-RelationsmediasCOMM.IRCC@cic.gc.ca,
mpaquette@ssjb.com, mcarreau@ssjb.com, mgelinas@ssjb.com,
shandfield@bell.net, Newsroom@globeandmail.com, news-tips@nytimes.com,
 news@hilltimes.com, steve.murphy@ctv.ca,  David.Akin@globalnews.ca,
Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca, Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca,
jagmeet.singh@parl.gc.ca, Ahmed.Hussen@parl.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com, hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca,
Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, andre@jafaust.com,
jbosnitch@gmail.com, andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca,
maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca, Veronique.Hivon.JOLI@assnat.qc.ca


https://twitter.com/boye_g?lang=en


David Raymond Amos
‏ @DavidRayAmos
59m59 minutes ago
Replying to @boye_g @KRLS and

Attn Mr Boye RE My calls about my concerns about the former Catalonia
president Carles Puigdemont being blocked entry to Canada

#nbpoli #cdnpoli #Catalonia #CatalanTrial

Perhaps we should talk?
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Carles Puigdemont.
Ottawa doit s'expliquer! / Otawa ha de donar explicacions! @JdeMontreal

Gonzalo Boye
Boye-Elbal & Asociados, S.L.
Teléfono: (+34) 914 014 330
Fax: (+34) 914 020 653
Calle Pilar de Zaragoza 9
28026 Madrid- España

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Minister / Ministre (IRCC)"<IRCC.Minister-Ministre.IRCC@cic.gc.ca>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:02:01 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo Mr Saunders I told you before nobody cares for the
very same reasons you ignore me but feel free to use my resources
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

La version fran?aise suit

Thank you for your email addressed to the Honourable Ahmed Hussen,
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.  Please note that
all comments and questions are taken seriously, and although
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) cannot provide a
personalized response to every message, we will review and consider
all comments received.

Are you writing about any of the following subjects?


*                     Deportations (see Canada Border Services
Agency<http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/security-securite/rem-ren-eng.html>);

*                     Information about your application (visit IRCC's
Services and Information<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application.html>
Website for information related to case status and processing times);

*                     Information about someone else's application
(you must be authorized to receive third-party information - see
Release of Information to an
Individual<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/release-information-individual.html>);

*                     Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) application
refusals<http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=422&top=16>
and corresponding eligibility and admissibility
considerations<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/visitors/eligibility-admissibility-considerations.html>;

*                     Travel advice<https://travel.gc.ca/travelling>,
including documents/requirements for travel or immigration to other
countries;

*                     General information about
visiting<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada.html>,
living<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/new-immigrants/prepare-life-canada.html>,
working<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada.html>,
or studying<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada.html>
in Canada;

*                     Physical Presence Calculator for citizenship
eligibility<https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do>;
and

*                     Allegations of
fraud<https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/protect-fraud/report-fraud.html>.


If so, please visit the IRCC
Website<https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship.html>,
or IRCC's online Help
Centre<http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/index-featured-can.asp>
for the information that you are seeking.

If you are writing about another topic, the service standard for a
response to correspondence addressed to the Minister is six weeks if
it is determined that a reply is warranted.

Thank you, once again, for taking the time to write to the Minister.



Merci pour votre courriel adress? ? l'honorable Ahmed Hussen, ministre
de l'Immigration, des R?fugi?s et de la Citoyennet?. Veuillez noter
que tous les commentaires et toutes les questions sont pris au s?rieux
et bien qu'Immigration, R?fugi?s et Citoyennet? Canada (IRCC) ne peut
fournir une r?ponse personnalis?e ? chaque message, nous examinerons
et consid?rerons tous les commentaires re?us.


Ecrivez-vous sur l'un des sujets suivants?



*         Les expulsions (voir l'Agence des services frontaliers du
Canada<http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/security-securite/rem-ren-fra.html>);

*         Des informations sur votre demande (voir le site Service et
renseignements<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/services-e/index.asp>
d'IRCC pour l'information concernant l'?tat d'une demande et des
d?lais de traitement);

*         Informations sur la demande de quelqu'un d'autre (vous devez
?tre autoris? ? recevoir des informations de tiers - voir
Communication de renseignements personnels ? une personne
d?sign?e<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/information/demandes/communiquer-renseigne.asp>)
;

*         Le refus des demandes de visa de r?sident temporaire
(VRT)<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/centre-aide/reponse.asp?qnum=422&top=16>
et les consid?rations li?es ? la recevabilit? et ?
l'admissibilit?<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/ressources/outils/temp/visa/traitement/admissibilite.asp>;

*         Conseil aux voyageurs<https://voyage.gc.ca/voyager>, y
compris les documents/exigences pour les voyages ou l'immigration vers
d'autres pays;

  *   Comment visiter<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/visiter/index.asp>,
vivre<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/nouveaux/avant-demenagement.asp>,
travailler<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/travailler/index.asp> ou
?tudier<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/etudier/index.asp> au Canada.

*         Calculatrice de la p?riode de pr?sence
effective<https://eservices.cic.gc.ca/rescalc/resCalcStartNew.do?lang=fr>
pour les demandes de citoyennet?; et

*         All?gations de
fraude<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/information/protection/fraude/signaler.asp>.

Si oui, Veuillez visiter le site Web<http://www.cic.gc.ca/> d'IRCC ou
le centre d'aide<http://www.cic.gc.ca/francais/centre-aide/index-en-vedette-can.asp>
en ligne d'IRCC pour obtenir l'information que vous recherchez.

Si vous ?crivez sur un autre sujet, veuillez noter que la norme de
service pour r?pondre ? la correspondance adress?e au ministre est de
six semaines, si une r?ponse est justifi?e.

Merci encore une fois d'avoir pris le temps d'?crire au ministre.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 12:25:58 -0400
Subject: Fwd: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
To: Bernadette.Jordan.c2@parl.gc.ca

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Immigration Minister <ImmigrationMinister@novascotia.ca>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 15:42:44 +0000
Subject: RE: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Cc: Immigration Minister <ImmigrationMinister@novascotia.ca>

Dear Mr. Amos:

Thank you for your email dated March 18, 2017 to the Honourable Lena
Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration for the Province of Nova Scotia,
regarding David and Kathryn Wright. As I am Director of Programs for
the Office of Immigration, Minister Diab has requested that I respond
to your email.



I have been following this story in the news as well and am sorry to
hear about the difficulties of Mr. & Mrs. Wright in moving to Nova
Scotia.

In Canada, immigration is a shared responsibility between the
provinces and the Canadian government via Immigration, Refugees and
Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Provinces can nominate individuals for
permanent residency through provincial nominee programs; however, IRCC
has the final authority with respect to all admissions to the country.

I note that you have already contacted the federal Minister of
Immigration, the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, with your concerns. You may
also wish to contact your Member of Parliament as these decisions are
solely a federal responsibility.

Once again, thank you for taking the time to write to me and for
sharing your views on such an important issue.

Yours truly,

Original signed by

Shelley Bent

Director of Programs



c.            Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, ECNS


-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 8:10 AM
To: Minister@cic.gc.ca; Ahmed.Hussen@parl.gc.ca; Immigration Minister
<ImmigrationMinister@novascotia.ca>; info@lenadiab.ca; Justice
Minister <JUSTMIN@novascotia.ca>; Richard.Woodbury@cbc.ca;
mlcohen@eastlink.ca; patricklove@eastlink.ca; earth5@eastlink.ca;
barb.mckenna@tc.tc; Premier <PREMIER@novascotia.ca>; pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>;
Gerald.Butts <Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>; leader
<leader@greenparty.ca>; elizabeth.may <elizabeth.may@parl.gc.ca>;
lisa.raitt <lisa.raitt@parl.gc.ca>; Kellie.Leitch
<Kellie.Leitch@parl.gc.ca>; info@chrisalexander.ca;
info@jasonkenney.com; erin.otoole <erin.otoole@parl.gc.ca>;
maxime.bernier <maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca>; brad.trost@parl.gc.ca;
andrew.scheer <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>; Kevin
<Kevin@kevinoleary.com>; rona.ambrose <rona.ambrose@parl.gc.ca>;
MulcaT <MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>; Craig Munroe <cmunroe@glgmlaw.com>;
Liberal / Assistance <nbd_cna@liberal.ca>; Bill.Morneau
<Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>; premier <premier@gnb.ca>; postur
<postur@for.is>; mark.eyking@parl.gc.ca; Matt.DeCourcey
<Matt.DeCourcey@parl.gc.ca>; hon.ralph.goodale
<hon.ralph.goodale@canada.ca>; mcu <mcu@justice.gc.ca>; jan.jensen
<jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>; oldmaison <oldmaison@yahoo.com>; andre
<andre@jafaust.com>; COCMoncton <COCMoncton@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>; Sabrina.Fabian@cbc.ca;
ht.lacroix <ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>; hon.melanie.joly
<hon.melanie.joly@canada.ca>; Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc
<Hon.Dominic.LeBlanc@canada.ca>; Hal.Higgins@cbc.ca; president
<president@whitehouse.gov>
Subject: ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just
heard about David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with
Immigaration on CBC

http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2017/03/attn-ministers-lena-metlege-diab-and.html

Saturday, 18 March 2017

ATTN Ministers Lena Metlege Diab and Ahmed Hussen I just heard about
David and Kathryn Wright of Vogler’s Cove troubles with Immigaration
on CBC

Lawyers such as you should know for fact that if I can help Randy
Quaid and several others remain in Canada over the years when Monte
Soleberg, Jason Kenney and Chris Alexander did the dirty work
torturing immigrants for the Harper Government  then I can help the
Wrights as well particularly now that the LIEbranos have the mandate
again N'esy Pas President Trump, Mr Prime Minister Trudeau "The
Younger" and Dizzy Lizzy May???


https://www.cp24.com/news/catalan-leader-goes-to-court-after-canada-refuses-him-entry-for-speaking-visit-1.4400340

Catalan leader goes to court after Canada refuses him entry for speaking visit

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2019 file photo, Catalonia's former regional
president. Carles Puigdemont, addresses a conference in Brussels.
Spanish political party officials said on Monday, April 29, 2019, that
Spain's Electoral Board has ruled that Puigdemont and two other
Catalan separatists who fled abroad to escape arrest can’t stand as
candidates in next month's European Parliament elections. (AP
Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

The Canadian Press

Published Monday, April 29, 2019 4:39PM EDT

MONTREAL -- The exiled former president of Spain's Catalonia region is
fighting a Canadian government decision to refuse him entry into the
country to attend an event hosted by a Quebec nationalist group.

Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain in 2017 to avoid prosecution after
his regional government held an unauthorized referendum on
independence, has hired Montreal immigration lawyer Stephane Handfield
to plead his case.

Handfield filed a motion Monday in Federal Court seeking judicial
review of the Immigration Department decision.

He said the Catalan separatist, who lives in exile in Belgium,
received an Electronic Travel Authorization from Canada. But on March
31, two days before his scheduled arrival in Quebec, the government
revoked the permit without giving a reason, Handfield said.

"It's as if we're saying he is undesirable in Canada," Handfield said
in an interview. "That he is akin to a terrorist or a member of
organized crime."

Maxime Laporte, president of the Societe Saint-Jean-Baptiste, the
nationalist group that had invited Puigdemont, accused the federal
government of denying Quebecers the right to hear the Catalan
separatist politician's "liberating speech."

Mathieu Genest, spokesman for Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, said
in an email that the government cannot comment on specific cases.

But he said reasons that someone can be found to be inadmissible to
Canada include "criminality, having a serious health problem (and)
having lied in their application or during an interview."

The news Monday that Puigdemont had been denied entry into Canada was
criticized by sovereigntist political parties in Quebec as well as by
the federal New Democrats.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh told reporters in Ottawa he saw no reason why
Puigdemont wouldn't be allowed into Canada. "It's worrying," he said.
Parti Quebecois deputy leader Veronique Hivon called the decision
unacceptable.

Handfield's motion asks the Federal Court to review the decision to
"cancel the Electronic Travel Authorization" of his client. The lawyer
said he is seeking a written response from the federal government
outlining its motives for refusing Puigdemont entry into Canada.

The former Catalan president is considered a fugitive by the Spanish
government. The 2017 referendum led to an independence declaration,
but no action was taken to implement it, and no countries recognized
the new Catalan republic.

A little less than half of voters in the region of 7.5 million support
pro-independence parties, results of the last regional election show.

Also on Monday, Spanish political party officials said the country's
Electoral Board has ruled that Puigdemont and two other Catalan
separatists who fled abroad to escape arrest can't stand as candidates
in next month's European Parliament elections.

-- With files from The Associated Press


https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-former-catalonia-president-carles-puigdemont-blocked-entry-to-canada/


Former Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont blocked entry to Canada
for Quebec events

Paul Waldie Europe Correspondent
Europe Correspondent London
Published April 29, 2019 Updated 11 hours ago

Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont in Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 10, 2017.
Albert Gea/Reuters

The former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, has been
prevented from travelling to Canada for a series of events in Quebec
sponsored by the nationalist St. Jean Baptiste Society.

Mr. Puigdemont has been living in exile in Waterloo, Belgium, since
October, 2017, when he fled Barcelona along with a group of cabinet
ministers in the wake of a failed attempt to declare the region
independent. They are wanted in Spain on charges of rebellion,
sedition and using public funds to hold a referendum on independence
that Madrid said was illegal. Spain has tried to extradite Mr.
Puigdemont twice without success and it has now withdrawn a European
arrest warrant. However, he faces immediate arrest if he returns to
the country.

The ex-president had been invited by the St. Jean Baptiste Society for
a four-day visit to Quebec starting on April 2. He was slated to hold
meetings with Members of the National Assembly and attend several
events at universities and community organizations across the
province. He applied for an electronic travel authorization (ETA) at
the end of March and was promptly approved by Canadian immigration
officials. However, the ETA was revoked on April 1 without an
explanation and Mr. Puigdemont had to cancel his plane ticket.

Canada requires ETAs for travellers from countries such as Spain that
are visa-exempt, which means visitors don’t need a visa to come to
Canada. It’s usually a straight-forward online process that takes a
few minutes to complete and the ETA is valid for seven years.
Applicants are asked a few questions about their health, criminal
background and travel plans.

“We don’t understand that decision,” said Gonzalo Boye, a Madrid-based
lawyer who represents Mr. Puigdemont. “Especially coming from a
country that is so friendly with and so understandable with the
situation of Catalonia.” Mr. Boye added that Mr. Puigdemont has hired
Montreal lawyer Stéphane Handfield to challenge the decision.

St. Jean Baptiste Society president Maxime Laporte said in a statement
that “It was absolutely shameful that Canada has once again been
complicit to Spanish authoritarianism.” He called on the federal
government to reverse the decision and added that Ottawa “had no
authority, and no legitimacy, to refuse Quebeckers the right to warmly
invite international leaders that inspire them.”

Mathieu Genest, a spokesman for immigration minister Ahmed Hussen,
said he could not comment on specific cases. But he said “reasons
someone can be found to be inadmissible [by a visa officer] include
criminality, having a serious health problem, having lied in their
application or during an interview.” The applicant is sent a letter
outlining why the ETA was refused, he added, and the traveller can
supply additional information to clear up the issues.

In a recent interview with The Globe and Mail at his home in Waterloo,
Mr. Puigdemont praised Quebec separatists and said he hoped to visit
the province one day as an independent country. “There has been for a
long time a great sympathy and friendship between the sovereignty
movement in Catalonia and the sovereignty movement in Quebec,” Mr.
Puigdemont said. “And especially now we have received the support of
the independence movement in Quebec. We would like to thank them
enormously.” He also praised the Canadian government for allowing two
referendums on Quebec sovereignty. Canada “shows us that there is a
democratic way of recognizing each other and how to respect the
result.”

Mr. Boye said Mr. Puigdemont will reschedule the trip if the ETA is
granted. “There are no hard feelings,” he said. “We cannot blame a
country for something that a civil servant has done.”

Mr. Puigdemont got more bad news on Monday when Spain’s electoral
commission barred him and two other exiled cabinet ministers from
running for election to the European Parliament next month. The board
said Mr. Puigdemont and the others couldn’t become members of the
European Parliament from Spain because they were not registered as
Spanish citizens living abroad. Mr. Boye said Mr. Puigdemont will
challenge the ruling.

The decision came a day after elections in Spain that left the
Socialists with the most seats in parliament but needing the support
of other parties to form a government.




https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/29/canada-carles-puigdemont-visit-blocked-quebec


Canada blocks Puigdemont visit days before he was set to land in Quebec
Former Catalan president was invited to speak by a group advocating
Quebec independence

Martin Patriquin in Montreal and Sam Jones in Madrid
Mon 29 Apr 2019 22.42 BST Last modified on Tue 30 Apr 2019 14.20 BST

Carles Puigdemont gives a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, on 10
April. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

The Canadian government blocked a visit by Carles Puigdemont days
before the former Catalan president was to travel to the country at
the invitation of a group advocating Quebec independence, his lawyer
said on Monday.

Puigdemont had been scheduled to speak in Quebec earlier this month on
his experiences as a leader of the Catalonian independence movement –
including his spearheading of the region’s 2017 unilateral referendum
on separation from Spain. His schedule was to include a visit to the
province’s national assembly.

Carles Puigdemont to be excluded from European elections

But days before he was due to land in Montreal on 2 April, the
Canadian government revoked Puigdemont’s electronic travel
authorization (ETA), a document issued to those traveling from
countries from which Canada does not have visa requirements.

Enacted in 2016, the ETA program was designed in part to weed out
potential security threats.

Puigdemont is wanted by the Spanish authorities over the role his
government played in trying to break away from the rest of the country
in 2017.

 “This guy is not a criminal or a member of a terrorist group. He was
the democratically elected president of Catalonia, who happened to
have organized a referendum like we’ve had here in Quebec,” said
Stéphane Handfield, Puigdemont’s lawyer. On Monday, Handfield filed a
motion in federal court contesting the cancellation of Puigdemont’s
ETA.

A spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said
the ministry would not comment on individual cases. “Applicants are
asked a series of question on issues including health and criminal
history. On occasion if the department becomes aware of information
that is inconsistent with that provided by the applicant, it will
cancel the ETA,” the spokesperson said. “It is not a political
process.”

Nevertheless, Quebec sovereignty is a touchy issue for the Canadian
government. The province has often elected the separatist Parti
Québécois party, which held referendums on sovereignty in 1980 and
1995. Though the PQ lost both, separatism remains a going concern;
nearly a quarter of Québécois still consider themselves
“sovereignists”, according to a recent poll.

Many among them still despise former prime minister Pierre Trudeau for
his staunch anti-separatist stance, and have about as much regard for
his son, the current prime minister, Justin Trudeau.

“By blocking the democratically elected president of Catalonia, Canada
is showing how it is hostile to Quebec’s right of self-determination,”
said Maxime Laporte, president of the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste, the
pro-sovereignty group that invited Puigdemont to speak. “In Quebec’s
name, the Canadian government is telling us who is welcome and who
isn’t.”

In recent years, Quebec’s independence movement has suffered the
ravages of old age and apathy, but the travel ban prompted some to ask
if the Canadian government had unwittingly helped the cause. “If they
had just let him in, there would have been far less reaction,”
Handfield says. “I think the government is now wishing it hadn’t done
this.”

Puigdemont was president of Catalonia from January 2016 to October
2017, but fled to Belgium after the Madrid government responded to his
administration’s declaration of independence by sacking him and taking
control of the region.
Other members of his government – including his vice-president, Oriol
Junqueras – stayed behind and are now on trial at the supreme court in
Madrid.

In July last year, a Spanish judge dropped the international arrest
warrants for Puigdemont and other fugitive members of his government.

The dropping of the international warrant means Puigdemont and five
former colleagues – currently in Belgium, Scotland and Switzerland –
no longer face extradition proceedings. But domestic warrants remain
in force, meaning the six will be arrested should they return to
Spain.

It emerged on Monday that Puigdemont and two of his former ministers
are to be excluded from standing in next month’s European elections
after Spain’s central electoral board upheld an appeal from two
rightwing parties.


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Stéphane Handfield graduated in law from the University of Quebec in
Montreal. He served 10 years as a member of the IRB in Montreal, where
he led various issues, including the commissioner facilitator team V,
team specializing in the Middle East complex cases. In 2005, he turned
to private practice. His area of expertise is criminal law and
immigration law. He specializes in refugees and humanitarian cases.

Handfield, Stéphane
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