Those who are the subject of a criminal justice or immigration enforcement action which could lead to their removal from Canada will have their sponsorship held in abeyance. Sponsor must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. Sponsor must be at least 19 years old. Sponsor must be residing in Canada. Current Situation New Measures Information exchanges exist with provinces and some Ontario municipalities.
Limited capacity exists to record sponsorship defaults.
Limited information requested on the sponsor's income and financial obligations. Require more in-depth information from sponsors on their income and financial obligations. Limited Citizenship and Immigration Canada contact with sponsors who have defaulted. Reduce the cost of sponsorship default by intervening with defaulting sponsors at an earlier stage and recovering social assistance benefits granted to family class immigrants by developing and testing litigation criteria for possible national application. The Minister must assign family class sponsorship undertakings to provinces who wish to take defaulting sponsors to Court.