vensak said:
You were not refused of visa as such. Originaly you got PR and you were never kicked out of country and neither have you lost it due to misinterpretation.
All that was refused is your attempt to renew your PR card, because you did not met the stay in Canada requirements. (so simply said, your right has expired).
But you might want to mention whole thing in your LOE letter (as they will find out anyway). Plus it might be a good idea to mention why didnt you wanna stay back then and what is your stand now.
I disagree and would rather say Yes to second question and explain it in schedule A.
PRTD is a substitute of visa whose sole purpose is to enter the country.
Also saying Yes there provides you an opportunity to explain any element even close to refusal and ensures a visa officer looks at that.
It is possible that this info if only added in LOE is overlooked by some one only scanning forms (the R10 okay guys don't read explanation letters in detail since their job is only to confirm if all needed basic docs / info is there).
If it shows up in CBSA records that there indeed is a PRTD refusal which is equivalent of denying entry to Canada in my opinion (irrespective of the reasons), then its better to say YES and explain.
I mean the OP does want CIC to know while evaluating his/her application that he/she was a PR before right?
There is absolutely zero downside to saying yes and explaining it there.