Lawyers in the Canadian Bar Association’s (CBA) Citizenship & Immigration Law Section are spearheading an initiative that offers initial legal consultations and the preparation of immigration applications – without charge – for Canadians and permanent residents in Canada who wish to sponsor family members affected by the recent earthquake disaster in Haiti.

“As lawyers, we make our living assisting people, and now we want to help those people in their hour of greatest need,” explains Stephen Green of Toronto, Chair of the CBA’s National Citizenship and Immigration Law Section.

Citizenship  and Immigration Canada has committed to fast-tracking new and existing  applications under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act from Canadian citizens and permanent residents who have close family members directly affected by this disaster in Haiti. The CBA initiative will facilitate this process.