Причиной, по которой просьбу россиянина отклонили, стали проблемы со здоровьем: художник страдает глухотой на оба уха.

Relying on the observations of this Court in Worthington v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2004 FC 1546, 258 FTR 102, aff'd 2006 FCA 30, 346 NR 312 [Worthington]), the respondent submits that this application does not raise a Charter issue because there was no evidence before the officer that the applicant's abilities to read and write were negatively impacted by his deafness. Indeed, the respondent argues that the applicant's argument is predicated on the notion that he was treated adversely as a result of being deaf, but that the evidentiary basis for this argument was not established. Since no evidence was placed before the officer that his inability to meet the standards in reading and writing was due to his deafness, the respondent submits that there was no need for the officer to consider how to accommodate the applicant, and no need for this Court to evaluate whether the officer failed in doing so.