Canadian Immigration Medical Rules "Cold-Hearted" But Fair

A tenured York University professor from Costa Rica is garnering media attention after his pending immigration application risks being refused when immigration authorities concluded the family's son who has Down's Syndrome, poses too much of a burden on taxpayers. The professor, Felipe Montoya, applied for permanent residency with his family including his wife and two teenage children after having lived in Canada for three years. He called the ruling against his 13-year-old son medieval and barbaric. Montoya has until early May to answer a "procedural fairness letter" issued by the government which must establish to the satisfaction of the assessing officer that either the family member is not inadmissible to Canada, or that they have an individualized plan to demonstrate that no excessive demand will be imposed on Canadian social services due to the medical inadmissibility.