A Sri Lankan family who spent five years in Canada was deported Sunday despite appeals to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to issue a reprieve. Before leaving their home in Parc-Extension, Robert Lawrence, the father of the family, said they were all very sad, but still love Canada despite their deportation. Lawrence worked for the United Nations in Sri Lanka's Eastern province during the civil war which ended in the defeat of the separatist Tamil Tigers by the Sri Lankan majority Sinhalese government. The Lawrence family left Sri Lanka right after the civil war. NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice said deporting the family which had integrated into Quebec society over the years "makes no sense."

Source: CBC News December 03, 2017 22:30 UTC