THE UPEI SUN,Thursday,Nov.9,I978,page 2

HALIFAX (CUP) - A visa student at St. Mary's University has been ordered to leave Canada by Nov. 4, apparently for accepting 15 cents from two children in exdiange for sore candy.

Kcm "Peter" Chang, a first—year commerce student at SMU, was handed his departure notice after immigration authorities decided he had violated the Immigration Act by accepting the money.

Under the Immigration

Act, international students are not allowed to support themselves or‘ to help defray the cost of education by taking employment while in Canada. Chang allegedly violated this act on

Aug. 2 by helping his sister with some chores at the Chang Family Take— Out Restaurant in Musquodoboit Harbour.

Ch that day, Chang was awakened by a milk truck blowing its horn outside the restaurant. When he realized that the woman

who usually opened the store was not there yet, Chang got up and let the milk man in to make his delivery. Meanwhile, two young children came in wanting to ourchase some candy.

RCMP Constable Gordon ‘ Reid and Immigration Officer_Woods entered the restaurant shortly after it opened and witnessed Chang's’acticns. They claimed that Chang operated the cash register when he sold the candy. I

Chang claimed the

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Canada has a long ﬁshery tradition. When it comes to the conventional harvesting of ﬁsh. Canadian ﬁshermen have skill. technology and equipment comparable to most ofour world competitors.

However. when it comes to fishing for the non<traditional species such as offshore squid . silver hake. grenadi er. argentine. capelin and offshore mackerel. we are literally missing the boat. ‘ The existing Canadian ﬂeet has virtually no on-board freezing facilities and therefore cannot land these species in good market condition As a result. in I978. about three—quarters ofthe quota for the non-traditional species within Canada's 200.mile zone is allocated to 'foreign freezer trawlers.

Canadian companies have asked the federal govemment for licences to own or lease vessels with freezing and on—board processing facilities. Sotne licences have been granted for northem shrimp. Here have been some approvals for developmental chaners. These are short-term. co-operative arrangements whereby foreign freezer vessels. manned by foreign crews. catch Canadian quotas on behalfofa Canadian company. '

While these cooperative arrangements provide some experience and certain short term advantages. they are not a substitute for Canadian owned and operated vessels.

Within our ow n 200»mile zone. there is still no meaningful Canadian presence in the non-traditional ﬁshery.

If we had our own vessels with freezing and on—board processing facilities. or if we could lease them. these ﬁsh would be caught by Canadians. Additional work would be provided for Canadians. We would have fro7en-at-sea products unequalled in quality for sale in merseas markets. We would earn valuable foreign exchange.

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More than three-quarters ofnon-traditionalﬁsh species within C anadu's 200 mile zone is being allocated to foreign vessels like this. If we had federal government approval to own or lease our own vessels with freezing and (in-board processing

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Student Departed Over 75 Cents!

children got the candy and put the 15 cents on the counter, and that he merel placed the money beside register. There was also

.caiflicting evidence as to

whether or not Chang sold a cup of coffee and a padkage of cigarettes to another._ unidentified custarer.

Under the Immigratim Act, employment is defined as any activity for which "a person receives or might be reasonably expected to receiVe valuable consider~ atidn. " Chang said he was just trying to help his sister out and that he had no intention of getting paid for what he did. '

However, on Sept. 21 Nova Scotia Immigration Adjudicator Miduael Sloan ruled that Chang had indeed engaged in "employment" as defined by

-the Immigration Act .

Since the person who

usually carried out the duties was a paid employee, Sloan said that Chang could be "reasmably expected" to receive pay— ment as well. Six days later, Chang was given. the departure notice telling him to leave Canada by Nov. 4.

Chang, who was being represented by Dalhousie Legal Aid, is appealing the decision before a federal court. Chang's lawyers felt that he did not violate the Immigratio Act on Aug. 2, because he was merely doing his sister a favour for which he did not expect to be paid. No date has been set for the appeal.

Immigration authorities say that (hang will not have to leave the country before his appeal canes up, even if it is after the Nov. 4 departure date. Should the federal court rule against Chang, however, he will have to leave Canada before he may apply for re—entry.

Aldeparturie notice differs from the more severe deportation order in that theperson agrees to leave the country (It or before the departure date. Cnce out of the country, the person is allowed to reapply for admission into Canada.

It is not clear whether Chang will be able to re— apply from the U.S. or whether he will be forced to go bad< to Malaysia, should he lose his appeal.