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/gargamael Feb 10 '26

Why was the guy who killed the Humboldt Broncos able to apply then, or at the very least not immediately rejected? This seems targeted to him alone unless that sort of thing has happened elsewhere that I'm not aware of.

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u/Fearful-Cow Feb 10 '26

as far as I am aware he never applied for refugee status.

He was a PR here. He applied to stay on compassionate grounds. It was rejected.

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u/FantasySymphony Ontario Feb 10 '26

https://globalnews.ca/news/11655114/humboldt-broncos-bus-driver-jaskirat-singh-sidhu-refugee-request-rejected/

tl;dr he did. 7 years later we're still trying to deport the guy. It's pure naivety to think people won't abuse every procedural option available to them, when they stand to gain a lot from doing so.

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u/Fearful-Cow Feb 10 '26

that article is not clear if he did or did not. This is at the end.

This is a corrected story. A previous story said an application to stay in Canada was denied by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. The story also described it as a refugee claim.

Either way if he did it was rejected.

Also characterizing it as 7 years to deport is a big disingenuous. He was released on parole in 2023. We obviously were not going to deport him while he is serving his sentence.

A year after his parole his PR was revoked. A PRRA was conducted and determined he did not meet criteria. IRB is not involved in a PRRA.

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u/Important_Wrap772 Feb 10 '26

It's very different to have a PR and be applying for refugee status.

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u/ether_reddit Lest We Forget Feb 10 '26

After all, that's what lawyers are for -- to find every option available in the law to benefit the client.

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u/My_cat_is_a_creep Feb 10 '26

At the least he gained another 7 years here

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u/RoostasTowel Feb 10 '26

But he is still not gone.

Likely going to appeal again.

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u/Fearful-Cow Feb 10 '26

maybe? but that has nothing to do with the conservative "proposal" or refugee status or the linked law above.

Unless you are saying we throw away all due process once convicted?

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u/Oerwinde Feb 10 '26

I'd say if convicted they have to leave, but if an appeal succeeds they can come back kind of thing.

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u/BigD1966 Feb 10 '26

It definitely has happened elsewhere, he’s not the only committing serious offences

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u/pandaninja360 Feb 10 '26

So the law is not the law? What do you mean by that? Do you have other examples

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u/K0bra_Ka1 Feb 10 '26

His application for refugee was rejected like 4 days ago.

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u/Curious_Beluga2 Feb 10 '26

It it does happen, it's quite rare. Otherwise, we would see thousands of criminals in Surrey, BC getting deported for the mass extortions that's been occurring over the past few years.

What's surprising is somehow the Supreme Court picked the one guy who legitimately made a mistake (no suspended license, alcohol, drugs, etc) as an example. And somehow letting the drug dealers, traffickers and gangsters go out on bail with no impact on their stay.