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Dear Sir or Madam,
Firstly, thank you very much for taking the time to read this protest letter. As applicants for immigrating to Canada under the Federal Skilled Workers program (FSW, Pre-C50 Stream), we are pleading to you to revoke the inhumane clauses regarding deletion of the pre-2008 cases in the omnibus C-38 Budget Bill.
As directed by the laws and rules published by CIC in 2008 and before, we filed our applications to the specified CIC centers and paid the associated fees demanded by CIC for processing. Upon requests from CIC, we also provided any necessary information or documents pertaining to our immigration application. These correspondences essentially formed a solid contract between CIC and our applicants. Any attempt to rescind this mutual contract unilaterally constitutes a breach of the contractual laws cherished by the Canadian society. Furthermore, while we were anxiously waiting for our turns, CIC continually reaffirmed us that our applications would be processed according to the prescribed legislation, either in its notices to the public or in the replies to our inquiries. For example, (cite an example here to support).
While we were preoccupied by the immigration issues, we had to pass various invaluable career opportunities and screwed up some crucial life plans. Some of the applicants had to give up promotions they had long hankered for because of inabilities to commit to the terms set for the positions. Some of the applicants had to let their money lying idle in the banks because they intended to use the fund to set up a new business in Canada. Some of the applicants had to postpone their marriage ceremonies or childbearing plans because they wanted to build their families in Canada. They are waiting, anxiously but with great understanding, for their turn to move to Canada and start a new home in Canada. By blatantly eliminating their cases, CIC just relentlessly ruins their whole lives.
The most notorious parts of the proposed rules are the retroactive jurisdiction over the old cases and the precluding clause that deprives the wronged any right of recourse and indemnity. They are totally shameless and a blunt slap on the face of human rights and parliamentary practice. A story recalled to me that when testing before the congress, John Pierpont Morgan, a founder of modern American financial system, was asked “Which is more important, credit or interest?” and he answered straightforwardly “Credit.” Though bankers are often associated with greedy practices, J. P. Morgan apparently demonstrated a higher credibility than a governmental bureau currently does. No doubt, this retroactive law will severely damage the credit of Canada as a respectful and trustworthy country. For hundreds of years, Canada enjoys a prestigious fame due to its commitments to building a democratic country and promoting human rights all over the world. Canada boasts its renowned universities, its rich cultural diversities, its clement foreign policies, and so on. However, the proposed precluding clause deviates from Canada’s practice and belies the values held by this society. While as tiny as a grain of sand in the sea in comparison with Canada, a university on a small Pacific island holds highly a slogan” above all nations is humanity”. What a brave declaration! On the contrary, CIC is now depicting a different picture: above all human rights and beliefs and above all good wills and democratic practices is a big, deep, bloody mouth.
We all are not dull, insensible, and lifeless papers and numerals but vivid lives, who laugh aloud when elated, who shed tears when hurt, and who always bear a beautiful dream in mind: far, far away, on a magic land called Canada, a little girl plants a seed in the garden of my new home, watching it grow into a big maple tree, where birds nest and chirp merrily. Please do not shatter my dream!
I plead to you and your colleagues to abide to the common law practices, to defend the credit and name of Canada, to fulfill Canada’s commitment to humanity and integrity, and not to delete the 91-cases but to delete the proposed unfair clauses in the bill.
Thank you again for sparing the time to consider my protest. Should you need any further information, please feel free to contact me by email at XXXX or by phone at XXXX.
Sincerely yours:
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