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32875

Khadija Goumbarak, et al. v. Procureur général du Québec pour le Ministère des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'Immigration (MRCI) renommé le Ministère de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC)

(Quebec) (Civil) (By Leave)

(Publication ban in case) (Sealing order)

Docket

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List of proceedings
Date Proceeding Filed By
(if applicable)
2009-03-13 Close file on Leave
2009-03-13 Copy of formal judgment sent to Registrar of the Court of Appeal and all parties
2009-03-13 Judgment on leave sent to the parties
2009-03-12 Judgment of the Court on the application for leave to appeal, The application for leave to appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal), Number 500-09-016709-065, dated September 16, 2008, is dismissed with costs.
Dismissed, with costs
2009-02-09 All materials on application for leave submitted to the Judges, Bi F Cha
2008-12-15 Applicant's reply to respondent's argument, Completed on: 2008-12-15 Khadija Goumbarak
2008-12-05 Respondent's response on the application for leave to appeal, Completed on: 2008-12-05 Procureur général du Québec pour le Ministère des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'Immigration (MRCI) renommé le Ministère de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC)
2008-11-17 Letter acknowledging receipt of a complete application for leave to appeal
2008-11-07 Book of authorities Khadija Goumbarak
2008-11-07 Application for leave to appeal, Vol I to IV, together with 6 sealed envelopes containing parts R-46 and R-48, Completed on: 2008-11-07 Khadija Goumbarak

Parties

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Main parties

Main parties - Appellants
Name Role Status
Goumbarak, Khadija Applicant Active
Tayouri, Mohamed Applicant Active

v.

Main parties - Respondents
Name Role Status
Procureur général du Québec pour le Ministère des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'Immigration (MRCI) renommé le Ministère de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC) Respondent Active

Counsel

Party: Goumbarak, Khadija

Counsel
Name
Sophie Patricia Guerrero
Contact information
304, rue St-Antoine Est
Montréal, Quebec
H2Y 1A3
Telephone: (514) 381-2219
FAX: (514) 858-0308
Email: spguerreoavocate@yahoo.com

Party: Tayouri, Mohamed

Counsel
Name
Sophie Patricia Guerrero
Contact information
304, rue St-Antoine Est
Montréal, Quebec
H2Y 1A3
Telephone: (514) 381-2219
FAX: (514) 858-0308
Email: spguerreoavocate@yahoo.com

Party: Procureur général du Québec pour le Ministère des Relations avec les citoyens et de l'Immigration (MRCI) renommé le Ministère de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC)

Counsel
Names
Dominique Legault
Nathalie Fiset
Contact information
Bernard, Roy & Associés
800 - 1, rue Notre-Dame E
Montréal, Quebec
H2Y 1B6
Telephone: (514) 393-2336
FAX: (514) 873-7074
Email: dominique.legault@justice.gouv.qc.ca
Agent
Name
Pierre Landry
Contact information
Noël et Associés, s.e.n.c.r.l.
111, rue Champlain
Gatineau, Quebec
J8X 3R1
Telephone: (819) 503-2178
FAX: (819) 771-5397
Email: p.landry@noelassocies.com

Summary

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Summary

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Immigration - Québec Selection Certificate - Interpretation of statutes - Amendment - Filing date of application - Whether courts below erred in confirming application of new List of Occupations in Demand in Québec when applications were filed before its coming into force - Whether Quebec immigration selection process unfair - Whether Quebec immigration selection process violates ss. 10 and 12 of Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, R.S.Q., c. C-12.

Ms. Goumbarak and Mr. Tayouri filed applications for a Québec Selection Certificate in the class subject to the list of occupations in demand. Between the time they filed their applications and the time those applications were considered, the list was amended, and the occupations for which they were allegedly qualified were withdrawn from the list. Their applications were rejected because they also could not meet the requirements in the [translation] “employability and occupational mobility” class. Ms. Goumbarak and Mr. Tayouri filed a motion for declaratory judgment to quash the decision of the Minister of Relations with Citizens and Immigration on the grounds that they had, inter alia, acquired rights at the time they filed their applications and were the victims of discrimination on the basis of their Moroccan citizenship. The Superior Court dismissed the motion. The Court of Appel dismissed the appeal.

Lower court rulings

April 27, 2006
Superior Court of Quebec

2006 QCCS 2476, 500-05-075542-025

Requête en jugement déclaratoire rejetée

June 9, 2006
Superior Court of Quebec


Jugement rectifié

September 16, 2008
Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal)

500-09-016709-065

Deux jugements :

1. Appel rejeté
2. Requête pour permission de présenter une preuve nouvelle rejetée

October 7, 2008
Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montréal)


Jugement rectifié

Filed documents

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Date modified: 2025-02-27