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A Montreal native Chilean risk expulsion

Supported by his ex-wife, his sister, his mother and her children, Victor Hugo Morales sees himself as a Canadian and a Quebecer of heart should stay close his family for humanitarian reasons. Photo: Marco Campanozzi, La Presse

M . Morales, who is the father of three children, was called to appear Monday in Federal Court, after Immigration Canada has ordered deported because of criminal acts he committed in the past. "I made mistakes youth, but I'm rehabilitated and I'm a good person now ," he recounted in an interview in the moments before the start of his hearing.

Indeed, man was an alcoholic who has already served prison sentences ranging from 14 days to two months, including " drug possession" and " theft under $ 5,000 .

But since 2004, Mr. Morales said he was sober and made the subject of any charge, which makes him say he has paid his debt to society.

Leaving his family

If Mr. Morales must return to Chile, her family would stay in Quebec, what he can not conceive. Aged 8, 12 and 20 years, children of Mr. Morales' suffer from anxiety because they are afraid that I leave , "says the father.

Moreover, the man claims to be "the primary caregiver " his mother has AIDS.

Mr. Morales, who earns his living as a musician in the subway, it provides " has its place here." While writing his lines, the Federal Court decision had yet been made.