Toronto Sun – October 12, 2010
Polygamy, child brides pose problems for immigration officials
By Brian Lilley
OTTAWA – Forced marriages, child brides, polygamy and arranged marriages between first cousins are some of the problems that Canadian immigration officials in Pakistan have to deal with. The revelations are contained in a 26-page report prepared by Canadian officials working out of the immigration and visa office in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. The report was obtained by immigration lawyer Richard Kurland through access to information legislation and supplied to QMI Agency. “With few exceptions, the Islamabad spousal reunification programme involves Muslim proxy marriages arranged by the families, the vast majority of which take place between first cousins,” reads the report.
According to Kurland, polygamy is most common among wealthy Pakistani families trying to immigrant to Canada. Canadian officials often won’t reject an application just because a man has more than one wife, Kurland said. “They say we can’t do this because you are polygamists so you have to divorce some, keep one and work it out domestically,” Kurland said. Kurland told QMI that often second or third wives will be sponsored into Canada as skilled workers for a business or as a maid for the household.
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A Saskatchewan Family court judge has used his judicial authority to sanction and assist a woman’s claim to have more than one (legally recognized and authorized in Family law) spouse at a time. The woman claimed to have a “husband” in Saskatchewan, all the while she was married to a man in Ontario. Canada’s law against polygamy clearly states that “anyone” who claims to use authority to sanction or assist in the creation of a “authorized” marital relationship, whilst one or more “partner” are already married are also guilty of polygamy. The justice claims he will “not say another word about it”. The judge has basically “legalized” polygamy by allowing married persons to claim “marital like status” in Family property law. The Saskatchewan Family property act contains the definition of spouse, and the judge has ruled a married person can also have numerous sametime spouses in Saskatchewan.
http://uploading.com/files/95b3mm7d/MassImmigration%252B3.pdf
and read
The Effects of Mass Immigration on Canadian Living Standards and Society
by the Fraser Institute