Quebec man seeks federal reprieve as deportation looms 20 years after conviction
MONTREAL — A Quebec man is facing deportation to his native Italy nearly two decades after a Mafia-linked drug conviction that is being cited as the reason for his possible expulsion.
Michele Torre, 64, could soon have to leave Canada, the only place the husband and father of three has known for 50 years.
Torre is scheduled to attend a meeting with Canada Border Services Agency on Friday and might receive a departure date then.
The Supreme Court refused two weeks ago to hear his case and his family is hopeful the federal government will intervene. Two departments are studying separate requests: one for a family sponsorship allowing him to stay and the other for a ministerial reprieve on humanitarian grounds.