An interesting take on the proposed #Canadian #strongbordersact Bill #C2
#StrongBordersAct
New legislation aims to strengthen Canada's borders
#Canada #CanadaBorders #StrongBordersAct #BillC2 #BorderSecurity #FentanylCrisis #OrganizedCrime #RCMP #CBSA #PublicSafety #CanadianLegislation #STCA
https://the-14.com/new-legislation-aims-to-strengthen-canadas-borders
A lot going on in CBC's 'At Issue' panel this week. Well worth your 20 minutes.
'I am equally troubled by the stuff on the refugee side. I thought it was a precept of this country, and of other law-abiding democracies, that we don't deport people without a hearing. I don't care whether you've been here two weeks or a year. You have your right, as a basic human right, to have your day in court, to be heard'
'I am troubled by the notion that we have a new government that believes that it should introduce such measures under the guise of reinforcing the border.'
'This [bill] infringes on privacy rights in a way that no legislation I've seen before (...) and it is not even the point of the bill'
'It is clearly a Trojan Horse legislation, and I find that very troubling'
'Some of the measures in this bill date back to the Vic Toews era under the Stephen Harper government'
'The government (...) have clearly used this opportunity to sneak things in here that have been vetoed by lawmakers previously, in at least two or three different Parliaments, because they were seen as going too far'
'They're #Conservative ideas, policy ideas that didn't make it through in Stephen Harper's government, being brought back here. You can like them or hate them, but they are stolen (or borrowed) from a previous Conservative government.'
On the #StrongBordersAct:
"... if you've come into #Canada and a year has passed -- even if you've left, come back, even if it's 20 years in the future and circumstances are changed -- the way this law is written right now says you wouldn't be able to have that claim [for asylum] heard."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccV3F5zwoX8
#StrongBordersAct is STUPID, RACIST and HATEFUL
WHAT THE FUCK, #CANADA?
🚨 Call your MP!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccV3F5zwoX8
🚨 Liberal's 🤨 New '#StrongBordersAct' 😡 Is INSANE
Queen's University law professor Sharry Aikan: "What it signals about the priorities of the government is that appeasing the White House right now is a number one concern."
Migrant Rights Network spokesperson Syed Hussan: "Prime Minister [Mark] Carney campaigned on being different from Donald Trump, yet his very first bill is a shameful capitulation to racism and xenophobia"
Former Canada Border Services Agency officer Kelly Sundberg: "I think all [the bill] does is try to appease the Trump Administration."
"So does this legislation improve our border security, improve our immigration integrity, and improve the public safety of Canadians? No, it does not. It doesn't even come close."
https://time.com/7291118/canada-immigration-bill-strong-borders-act-reactions/
We have a #HousingCrisis, a #CostOfLivingCrisis, a #ClimateCrisis, out-of-control #Wildfires, a #TradeWar -- and the first thing Mark Carney wants to do is *read my mail*? WTF are you doing, Liberals?
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May called the #StrongBordersAct "a very worrying start in the government’s legislative agenda"
Aislin Jackson, BC Civil Liberties Association: "I am very alarmed (...) It’s making sweeping changes that risk undermining privacy protection across the country"
NDP’s Jenny Kwan described the #StrongBordersAct as "violating people’s due process and taking away people’s basic rights"
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