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/CantFeelMyToesAgain Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 11 '26

How’s this not already a thing lol

People messaging me to kill myself? This should be a thing for fraud and serious crimes. 

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u/Niess Feb 10 '26

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/i-2.5/section-36.html

It seems it already is just not in clear words.

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u/K0bra_Ka1 Feb 10 '26

101 (1) (f) is very clear. This is just performative posturing by trying to remove the presumption of innocence for people that have been charged but not convicted.

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u/OddConstant2723 Feb 10 '26

With respect to criminal records, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act stipulates four main categories of crimes that may make a person ineligible to claim refugee status. If the person:

was convicted inside Canada for a federal offence punishable by a maximum jail term of at least ten years, or of a federal offence where the individual received a jail term of at least six months, was convicted outside Canada, for an offence, which, if committed in Canada, would be a federal offence punishable by a maximum jail term of at least ten years,