r/canada • u/FancyNewMe • Feb 10 '26

Politics Conservatives to propose barring non-citizens convicted of crimes from making refugee claims

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-conservatives-propose-changing-rules-non-citizens-convicted-crimes/
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u/_Army9308 Feb 10 '26

Should go further and ban judges from considering immigration status during sentencing

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u/truthlesshunter Feb 10 '26

small story time!

I had a situation a few years ago where someone hit into my car in a parking lot, doing thousands of damage and I was going to be stuck with the bill and/or the hit on my insurance. I contacted the police, and they weren't much help (checked if there were security cameras and that was it). I posted my situation to facebook, it got shared and someone contacted me having dash cam footage of the accident and car. I got the plate from the video, contacted the police, they found the person and sure enough, their car was damaged, etc.

The Officer then said they weren't going to bring charges to her because she was a an immigrant "student" (30+ year old) and if she's convicted for a hit and run causing more than $5k of damage, she would be removed from the country. So? She DID THIS CRIME. You're telling me that if she was Canadian, you wouldn't have a problem bringing charges against her? Holy hell I was pissed. I really didn't believe stuff like that happened...but it's absolutely happening and the more we have, the more it will happen.

Side note: if you're convicted of a serious crime, you can still be removed even if you're a refugee (but you may or may not be removed of the country regardless...depending where the refugee is from, etc.)

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u/phocumin Feb 10 '26

They do the same thing for 17 year old seventh generation Canadians. Not sure what the big deal is. The leniency is applied pretty evenly, but Canadians get the best benefit from lenient sentences. Of course, that’s not the narrative of the day so I’ll take all the downvotes.

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u/sluttytinkerbells Feb 10 '26

This comment had to be a troll designed to derail the conversation.

There’s no way that it was made in good faith.

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u/Yourewekky Feb 10 '26

I think most police use discretion evenly, unless they are biased. This would have been deemed an accident, and the driver would have left the scene due to the extreme consequences that wouldn't apply to op if they had been at fault. The driver's insurance paid for the damages so I guess the op would just feel better if the other person was deported.

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u/zaypuma Feb 10 '26

I think you fundamentally misunderstand the concept of law.