Safe Third Country Agreement is constitutional, Supreme Court rules

[CdnFox]

Safe Third Country Agreement is constitutional, Supreme Court rules

The court recognized the risk that refugees face, but said there were safety valves present in the legislation. Gauri Sreenivasan, co executive director at the Canadian Council for Refugees, called on the federal government to withdraw from the agreement anyway. “The U.S. is not a safe country for refugees. And our organisations have brought overwhelming evidence that sending people who are seeking safety here back to the U.S. causes serious violation of rights. Rights that are protected both under the Canadian Charter (of Rights and Freedoms) and international law.”

She added, “Today’s decision from the Supreme Court has mixed results for refugees and refugee rights in Canada. But nothing has changed today in terms of the dangers that are faced by refugees at the border. We continue to call on the government to fully and immediately withdraw from the safe third country agreement.”

 

Nice to see that we still retain SOME sovereignty. 

This would appear to be another example of politicians and/or courts backing away a little from the traditional hard core left wing stance they've had in the last 15 - 20 years or so.