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Date: 19991203

                                                                                                                       Docket: IMM-5696-99

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, THE 3rd DAY OF DECEMBER 1999

Present:           THE HONOURABLE MADAM JUSTICE McGILLIS

BETWEEN

                                                                    Luis Rivera

                                                                                                                                            Applicant

                                                                         - and -

                                MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

Respondent

ORDER

          The application for a stay is dismissed.

D. McGillis

                                         

          Judge          

Certified true translation

Peter Douglas


Date: 19991203

Docket: IMM-5696-99

BETWEEN

Luis Rivera

Applicant

- and -

MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

                                                                                                                                          Respondent

                                                        REASONS FOR ORDER

                           [Delivered from the bench by teleconference on December 3, 1999]

McGILLIS J.

[1]         I heard the applicant's application for a stay on an urgent basis.


[2]         Despite the able arguments advanced by counsel for the applicant, I have determined that the application for a stay must be dismissed. Even if I were to assume that the applicant has raised a serious issue to be tried, he has failed to establish the existence of any irreparable harm. The applicant, who has a criminal record, claims in his documentation that he requires ongoing medical attention in Canada, as well as the support of his family, and that his removal to Peru would irreparably deprive him of both. Similar circumstances were analysed and ruled on in Rizzo v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1996] F.C.J. No. 1111. In that decision, Rothstein J. (as he then was) stated the following:

On this application to stay the execution of a deportation order, it is only necessary to deal with the question of irreparable harm. The applicant has over twenty criminal convictions and has been addicted to drugs. His irreparable harm submission is based on his need for continuity of medical attention in Canada and the support of his eleven year old daughter who spends some time with him, although she is not in his custody. Assuming, without deciding, that the loss of continuity of medical attention and support of one's family may be evidence of irreparable harm, the need for such medical attention and support in this case has been caused by the applicant's criminal activities and his drug addiction. Criminal activities and drug addiction cannot be the foundation upon which a claim of irreparable harm can be based for purposes of staying the execution of a deportation order. The application is dismissed.

[3]         I concur with the above analysis and find that there is no irreparable harm to the applicant. Furthermore, given the applicant's criminal background, the balance of convenience lies in favour of executing the removal order against the applicant.

[4]         The application for a stay is accordingly dismissed.

                                                                                                                   D. McGillis                

                                                                                                                          Judge                

OTTAWA

December 3, 1999

Certified true translation

Peter Douglas



FEDERAL COURT OF CANADA

TRIAL DIVISION

NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD

COURT NO.:                           IMM-5696-99

STYLE OF CAUSE:                 LUIS RIVERA v. MCI

APPLICATION HEARD BY TELECONFERENCE IN OTTAWA AND MONTRÉAL

REASONS FOR ORDER OF McGILLIS J.

DATED                                    DECEMBER 3, 1999

APPEARANCES:

JULIE JEANNOTTE

FOR THE APPLICANT

PATRICIA DESLAURIERS                                        

FOR THE RESPONDENT

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

JULIE JEANNOTTE

FOR THE APPLICANT

PATRICIA DESLAURIERS

Morris Rosenberg                                                                     FOR THE RESPONDENT

Deputy Attorney General of Canada

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