Canada’s Growing Illegal Immigrant Problem Can’t be Ignored

[eclipse1966]

hey I am in the Agri business for 25 years so know how it works very well and was in complete favour to dismantle the wheat board 100% and was happy Harper made that decision. BUT, it is not fake news and very disturbing how they sold it to foreign entities for that cheap. Total shame!! As for the growers wanting to buy, lets just say I know the key individuals very well and that is not how it went.

Modified wheat board: Why Canada gave CWB away | Financial Post

Canadian Wheat Board deal with U.S., Saudi group ends an era - The Globe and Mail

Now that is fake news if we are on that theme, don't have time to say a bunch but bottom line removing the wheat board has been a big plus for farmers, in short under the wheat board you were forced to sell to one outlet, jailed if you didn't , had to wait 18 months to get full payment and all the time allowing beurocrats to price your goods. I simply ask you if you were forced to only buy groceries from one goverment run store, you had to pay 18 months in advance and that store had no competition that would be the same thing.

Btw the "b" offer feel through becuase the buyers could raise the money they solicited farmers to buy in but they couldn't make it fly nor remotely have the skill or asset backing to close the deal. It was a joke.

 

[rzrgade]

I blame Harper for the current mess the country is in ...
Ohh boy ...


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[eclipse1966]

I blame the ALL politicians but then again you know how I feel

But, this just shows you its not just Libs/Cons/NDP wasting out money. THEY ALL DO IT!

I blame Harper for the current mess the country is in ...
Ohh boy ...


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[Summitric]

[h=1]Liew: It's time to stop letting the U.S. make our refugee decisions for us[/h]


Published on: February 23, 2017 | Last Updated: February 23, 2017 1:57 PM EST


A warning sign near Emerson, Man. is being ignored by would-be refugees seeing entry to Canada. JOHN WOODS / THE CANADIAN PRESS
The streams of people crossing snow-laden fields, risking loss of fingers and life in the cold, have prompted a lively discussion about what to do about migrants circumventing our ports of entries at land borders.
Conservative Public Safety critic Tony Clement called for a stop to the growing number of “illegal crossings” by refugees at the Canada-U.S. border. But Clement did not understand what exactly happens at the border, even in legal terms. Now that this humanitarian crisis is at our doorstep, let’s be sure we do understand exactly what is going on.
The term used by Clement, “illegal crossings” is incorrect. The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) does state that a person seeking to enter Canada must appear to be examined by a Canadian official (presumably at a port of entry) to determine if he or she is authorized to enter. It also states that contravening any part of the IRPA, including this aspect, is an offence. It is important, however, to note that the IRPA also provides a caveat to this. A person who claims refugee protection may not be charged with an offence in relation to their coming into Canada pending disposition of their claim or if refugee protection is conferred. In other words, it is not illegal for a refugee – or a refugee claimant for that matter – to enter a country without authorization.
This exception in the IRPA recognizes a long held principle of international refugee law and in the Refugee Convention: that a state shall not impose penalties on refugees who may enter without authorization. It recognizes that refugees sometimes make desperate and perilous choices to find safe haven.
The focus of our national discussion should not be whether persons are entering “illegally” or not, but how we can alleviate the hardship of those taking great risks to seek refugee protection.

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[h=2]Indeed, the crossing of refugees in barren fields is proof that Canada is not doing all it can to help. The existence and enforcement of the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country (STC) Agreement is the primary reason refugees are avoiding our ports of entry.[/h]The STC Agreement delegates Canada’s assessment of whether or not we should authorize entry of a foreign national into Canada to another country: the United States. Refugees understand that if they are coming from the U.S., they may not be allowed to enter Canada. They are expected to claim refugee protection in the U.S. if they set foot there first.
Putting aside the issue of whether we should let refugees into Canada, every Canadian should feel queasy at the idea that Canada has allowed another nation to make such important decisions for us. Even before President Donald Trump issued his Executive Order barring travellers from several countries, questions arose regarding whether or not the U.S. was abiding by international human rights and refugee law standards. The U.S. assesses refugee protection in very different ways from Canada, and these should concern us.
One example is that the U.S. imposes a one-year limit to make a refugee claim, and due to backlogs of immigration processing, may miss this deadline through no fault of the claimant. As well, the U.S. detains many more refugee claimants than does Canada.
If we want to ensure people are arriving to Canada with their limbs intact, a simple solution in the short term is to suspend the STC Agreement. In the long term, Canada must revisit the STC Agreement and not take for granted that another state will make decisions the way Canadians would.
Finally, we should stop characterizing this humanitarian crisis as “illegal crossings” and focus on policy alternatives to provide a humanitarian approach to this refugee crisis.
Jamie Liew is a refugee lawyer and a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa.

 

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https://www.facebook.com/GlobalEdmonton/videos/10154133788770927/

Asylum seekers are crossing the border into Canada on foot because of a loophole in what's called the 'safe third country' agreement with the U.S. Critics are calling on the government to close the loophole, but the feds refuse. Vassy Kapelos reports.

 

[NoBrakes!]

I wish there was a dislike option in the rep categories....

 

[X-it]

USA is not a country one needs Asylum from, any one who says they do is lying or hiding from someone or something.

 

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https://www.facebook.com/GlobalEdmonton/videos/10154133788770927/

Asylum seekers are crossing the border into Canada on foot because of a loophole in what's called the 'safe third country' agreement with the U.S. Critics are calling on the government to close the loophole, but the feds refuse. Vassy Kapelos reports.

'safe third country' is exactly why they can't be a refugee coming from the states


Oh boy, it's a sad world when nobody has a brain...

 

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They can only stay until their hearing...

 

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New times new rules

Trudeau: Canada will continue to accept asylum seekers from US | TheHill

 

[snopro]

Of course he is going to allow more voter.............errrrrrrrrrr...........asylum seekers in. Its the humanitarian thing to do...............

 

[X-it]

Arrogant Trudeau giving Trump the finger. Trump does not even have to hunt down all the bad guys and terrorist now...they are on their way to Canada. Now Trump can give Trudeau the finger twice, once for take his riff raff and another one at the negotiation table.

 

[skegpro]

So if I wanted to seek asylum in the states is Emerson a good place to go south as well?

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[kanedog]

Haven't read all posts in this thread but here is what I gots to say about the upcoming stampede of illegals and criminals over running the world's longest undefended border (between US and Canada).
WE AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET.

 

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[eclipse1966]

this post is so wrong in so many ways!!!!

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[roadlinur113]

this post is so wrong in so many ways!!!!

Not enough ropes for you?

 

[eclipse1966]

not even going to comment. I don't think we should be receiving illegals either but these people are HUMANS. What the f$%# is wrong with some of you???

Not enough ropes for you?

 

[roadlinur113]

not even going to comment. I don't think we should be receiving illegals either but these people are HUMANS. What the f$%# is wrong with some of you???

And yet you still did comment.......that's what has conservative thinking people upset in this country. You all preach tolerance and love for everyone but you don't practice what you preach if things don't go your way. Hypocrisy, just like crooked Hillary

 

[CUSO]

You are an idiot.

Not enough ropes for you?