Radu Bogdan wants to bring his family to N.B. but his son, who has Down Syndrome, may be rejected
from CBC News:A temporary foreign worker from Romania says immigration policies in Canada are out of date and discriminate against people with disabilities.
Radu Bogdan has been working in Richibucto as a production line operator at Imperial Sheet Metal since 2011.
He has applied for permanent residency and hopes to bring his wife and two young children to Canada, but in a recent letter from Citizenship and Immigration Canada he was told his son may not meet the requirements.
Bogdan's 6-year-old son has Down Syndrome.
"My son teaches how to love every day," Bogdan said. "He's a wonder, he's a miracle for us."
The letter from CIC says in part, "Your family member...is a person whose health condition might reasonably be expected to cause excessive demand on social services in Canada."
The average cost for health and social services in Canada is set at $6,285 per year, per person.
CIC estimates over the next five years special education costs alone for Bogdan's son would be more than $53,527 which exceeds that annual allocation.
