Residency Questionnaire Recipients Action Plan

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Residency Questionnaire Recipients Action Plan

Dear all, 

As we are all aware, thousands upon thousands of us were recklessly handed what is called a "Residency Questionnaire" form by ill educated CIC officers. The end result is, and in many cases, was a complete halt to our social and economical lives which went as far as some people being demoted or even losing their career as a result. It is very clear what is happening to us is little known to the media, political and legal systems here in Canada. I have spoken to many seasoned immigration legal advisers who did not even know such form even existed, never mind the length of time it takes for recipients of such form to meet with a judge. Thousands upon thousands of us fell through the cracks so to speak and almost forgotten by the legal and political system. What compounded the tragedy is the lack of an accountability regime which could monitors the performance of such department and holds them accountable for any lack of. That is in addition to the lack of re-course channels for people who were mistakenly and recklessly handed such infamous form. 

We are law abiding, taxpaying permanent residents of Canada. Yes there are many people who abused and cheated the system but not us. We have been here all along, working hard to support our families while calling Canada our home. 

We are not asking for a special treatment nor are we asking CIC to revise such decision relating to the Residency Questionnaire form. We understand that Canada should stand firm against fraudulent applicants who do not deserve to call this country their home. What we are asking for is to treat us humanly and fairly, we are asking this country who we called home to appreciate, and act upon easing, our suffering and pain.

It is outrageous that a first class country like Canada informs its people that their lives will continue to be in a bureaucratic quagmire for a period of four years. This is a virtual punishment levied upon good people who do not deserve it. 

As for us here, we all know that we have tried everything from calling our own MPs, to hiring immigration legal advisers to calling CIC helpline hoping for a different result. It has been said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. We all know that CIC has made every attempt to block any accountability of their indifferent actions. We are not here to blame CIC or blame the overwhelmed citizenship judges. We are here to demand a solution and actions from government's top brass who do not consider us as voting Canadian citizens and therefore there is no harm in neglecting us. Whoever is enforcing such mistreatment upon us know that the thousands upon thousands of us are geographically fragmented and possibly complacent and intimidated and they are counting on us to stay that way.

We all know that if we do not act as a one united front, each one of us will have to face this Goliath alone. No one, no external authority is willing to help or even know about us. We need to unite and we need to think as one front. We all know this issue is the most important one in our lives yest we are hoping  if we keep our mouths shut, such bureaucrats might feel sorry for us and treat us fairly.

In a previous thread titled "RESIDENCE QUESTIONNAIRE" posted in a different forum, I suggested the following:

Quote from: Wael55 on January 05, 2013, 02:15:43 am
Giving the fact that this issue is the most important issue in our lives, and giving the fact that we are held hostages by a bunch of bureaucrats who do not care about us and our pain, I suggest from here to create committees to include the following:

1- lobbying committee to organize meetings with opposition parties' MPs  and other community and social groups. This committee is the most important and it will be in charge of creating a database for all RQ recipients and in which conservative MP riding. Upon compiling a list of such recipients, we will determine which conservative MP riding has the highest number or RQs. These recipients, with the help of the lobbying committee will organize sub committees to reach out to the said MP with one message and one message only, "Our Canadian relatives and friends in your riding will remember you come next election should your fellow MP (Mr. Kenny) does not address such gross, inhumane and undemocratic delay. When the MP sees that there is a potential of him/ her losing hundreds, and possibly thousands, of votes, that MP will move in our favor;
2- Media committee to keep on hammering the media and demanding CIC answer us;
3- Financial committee to raise fund for a potential class action law suite against CIC and media advertisements to spread the message  (If each one of the thousands of people on RQ donate CAD$ 200.00, we will be able to hire the best Immigration law firm(s) to take our class action law suite); and
4- a committee to organize protests in front of all major CIC centers 

As a result, I have received a positive feedback from two forum participants. WE NEED MORE...WAAAAAAY MORE! Together, we will prevail but we must stand up.

Every action I proposed is a civil action within our democratic right as taxpaying permanent residents. We should continue our escalation until Mr. Kenney here us.

The first and most crucial step toward our success is gathering as many RQ recipients as we can. If we succeed in that, we will move to the next step of holding nationwide meetings which will produce the committees mentioned above, revise such committees or add to it. 

This thread is intended to gather as many people as possible. I am asking all of the people who see this thread to take the following steps:

1- reply back;
2- Explain briefly how long has he been waiting for a Judge's meeting?;
3- What course of action he/she followed?; and
4- Which province, city and riding does he or she/ reside in?

That would be a very good start which will allow us to build on.

It is very important for all of us to know that sitting idol hoping for others to take action on their behalf is not going to get us anywhere and the status que will continue...This is your live as much as it is mine.

Yours truly,

Wael