Feds Were Warned About Setting ‘Significant Precedent’ With Ukraine Visa Program

Feds Were Warned About Setting ‘Significant Precedent’ With Ukraine Visa Program
Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Sean Fraser speaks during a news conference, in Ottawa, on June 11, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Court documents show federal immigration officials warned that the government risked undermining the temporary immigration system with the design of the emergency visa program for war-displaced Ukrainians.

Immigration Department staff raised the concern in a memo to Sean Fraser, immigration minister at the time, shortly after the program was announced.