EGAN: Refugee board bars five-year-old triplets from mom's hearing

A single Ottawa mother wants compensation and an apology after a member of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada insisted her five-year-old triplets couldn’t be present during her testimony at a hearing in Montreal last month.
Margaret Nakibuuka said she was shocked at the ruling from presiding member Maude Côté that the children might be a distraction during the proceedings, aimed at determining whether the family can be granted refugee protection, a stepping stone to p