Abboud ( Re )
T-2254-95
Joyal J.
5/2/97
4 pp.
Appeal from Citizenship Judge's denial of citizenship application-Appellant, illiterate Iraqi, came to Canada in 1990-Mother of 8 children-Substantially all members of her family Canadian citizens-Citizenship application denied in 1994 on basis could neither read nor write either of Canada's official languages and did not have adequate knowledge of Canadian institutions and responsibilities and privileges of citizenship-No recommendation on humanitarian or compassionate grounds-Recent medical evidence showing appellant asthmatic and depressive, requiring drug therapy affecting learning capacity-Minister's dispensing powers included in Act to provide relief to people in appellant's position-Age, large family, sheltered life, handicaps, both emotional and medical, all indicate appellant would find increasingly insurmountable challenge of complying with requirements of Act, s. 5(1)(d),(e)-Recommendation to Minister to exercise Act, s. 5(3) powers, and dispense with requirements of Act, s. 5(1)(d),(e)-Citizenship Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-29, s. 5(1)(d),(e), (3).