Getting the spouse of a Canadian permanent resident out of Gaza required the threat of a lawsuit, according to emails between a lawyer and Canadian officials seen by CBC News. This after Ottawa told the wife she could not leave the besieged territory without being accompanied by her husband, who is in Vancouver.
Randall Cohn is a Vancouver-based immigration lawyer whose client’s spouse is Palestinian and living in Gaza. She was awaiting a visa to live with her husband in Canada when the war broke out.
When Global Affairs Canada (GAC) announced on Oct. 11 that Canada would work on getting people out of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, Cohn’s client tried to register his spouse for the evacuation list, as spouses of Canadian permanent residents were eligible.
But the registration was denied on Oct. 16 by a representative of the Emergency Watch and Response Centre (EWRC) —…
