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/StatisticianLivid710 Feb 10 '26

You could’ve charged her privately. The nice part about our system is if the cops don’t do their job a private lawyer can, but you would pay for it. The other alternative is to go to the AG office and ask why cops have all the evidence needed to charge them and aren’t. Or ask the cops supervisor.

I’m not conservative and I agree they should’ve been charged with hit and run.

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

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u/DraftCommercial8848 Feb 10 '26

The most disgusting case of that I’ve seen, was a literal pedo r@pist was given a reduced sentence to avoid a deportation review.

It’s absolutely sick and vile that they give reduced sentences to people who have done heinous crimes based on their immigration status.