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A Federal Court of appeal ruled in favour of Ottawa on the Safe Third Country Agreement, maintaining the right to send back to the United States refugee claimants who enter into Canada from the United States at official border crossing points. The decision by the court means the Canada-U.S. STCA can continue to be used
Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has granted a Trudeau government request to stay a ruling to strike down the Safe Third Country Agreement. The July ruling was due to come into effect in January 2021, but will now be stayed until a final ruling is made on a federal government’s appeal. In his decision, Federal
Ottawa will appeal a Federal Court ruling saying the Safe Third Country Agreement on refugees with the U.S. violates the Canadian constitution. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said in a statement the appeal was being filed due to factual and legal errors in the findings. Blair’s statement said: “There are important legal principles to be
A federal judge has ruled the Safe Third Country Agreement on refugees between Canada and the U.S. violates the Canadian constitution. Federal Court Justice Ann Marie McDonald said Wednesday that elements of the agreement violate the constitutional guarantee of life, liberty and security. Now Ottawa has six months to respond to what is a landmark
2020-01-31 – The number of irregular border crossers coming into Canada from the US hit 16,503 in 2019, despite federal government efforts to tackle the problem. The total was lower than the previous two years – 19,419 crossed in 2018 and 20,593 in 2017 – but still significantly higher than the norm. Despite the annual
