Sivalingam v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FC 171

Date: 2004-01-30

Docket: IMM-10263-03

Citation: 2004 FC 171

Ottawa, Ontario, this 30^th day of January 2004

Present:           THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE O'REILLY                          

BETWEEN:

                                                           JACINTHA SIVALINGAM

                                                                                                                                                       Applicant

                                                                                 and

                             THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

                                                                                                                                                   Respondent

                                               REASONS FOR ORDER AND ORDER

[1]                 Ms. Jacintha Sivalingam, a citizen of Sri Lanka, asks me to stay the execution of an order requiring her to leave Canada for Germany tomorrow. She arrived in Montréal from Germany on November 20, 2003 and presented a false passport bearing another person's name. Immigration officials found her to be inadmissible to Canada and ineligible to make a refugee claim. She has sought judicial review of those decisions and asks that her removal be delayed until those proceedings have been completed.

[2]                 Ms. Sivalingam submits that the officers erred in their decisions and that this, in itself, represents a serious issue that should be considered by this Court before she is removed. She also declares that if she is removed from Canada she will ultimately be returned to, and persecuted in, Sri Lanka. However, her affidavit does not disclose any basis for her alleged fear of persecution. There is no indication that any harm, let alone irreparable harm, might befall her if she were returned to Germany.

[3]                 Given the paucity of materials and evidence before me, I see nothing to be gained by hearing counsel on this motion. There is simply nothing before me that would justify issuance of the extraordinary remedy of a stay and no amount of advocacy could supply the omissions. I do note, however, that Ms. Sivalingam cannot be faulted for bringing this motion so late given that she was informed of her removal just yesterday. Still, the Court cannot grant the relief she requests without a proper legal and evidentiary foundation.

[4]                 Therefore, this motion is dismissed.

                                                                            ORDER

THIS COURT ORDERS that:

1.          The motion is dismissed.

                                                                                                                                      "James W. O'Reilly"         

                                                                                                                                                               Judge

                                                                 FEDERAL COURT

                                                          SOLICITORS OF RECORD

DOCKET:                                             IMM-10263-03

STYLE OF CAUSE:                           JACINTHA SIVALINGAM v.THE MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION

MOTION DEALT WITH IN WRITING WITHOUT APPEARANCE OF PARTIES

REASONS FOR ORDER

AND ORDER BY:                           The Honourable Mr. Justice O'Reilly

DATED:                                                January 30, 2004           

WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS BY:

Max Berger                                                                                     FOR THE APPLICANT

John Loncar                                                                                    FOR THE RESPONDENT

SOLICITORS OF RECORD:

MAX BERGER & ASSOCIATES      FOR THE APPLICANT

Barrister & Solicitor

Toronto, Ontario

Morris Rosenberg                                                                           FOR THE RESPONDENT

Deputy Attorney General of Canada