Client more fluent in English, feds note
A Montreal lawyer's claim that he can't conduct a hearing in French before the regional office of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada are exaggerated, according to immigration division board officials.
Lawyer Stéphane Handfield represents a U.S. citizen who says he is Cuban-born and who applied in English for immigrant status in July.
In December, he hired Handfield as his lawyer, and according to Handfield, he has no objections to having his case heard in French ...