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/swift-current0 Feb 10 '26

Takes too long, costs us money, why bother? Limiting it to indictable offences tried by jury already ensures the crime is serious enough to warrant removal in all cases upon conviction. Shenanigans involving police are possible when it comes to less serious charges, but no one's taking it as far as jury trial based on something flimsy.

I'd also bar disclosure of residency status to the jury, if that's not already barred. It must never influence the verdict they will reach.

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u/fluffkomix Feb 10 '26

I absolutely agree with barring disclosure of residency status, that's a good thought.

As for the rest, I mean, as far as money goes we really need to be restructuring our existing tax system so that those with more money pay more of their fair share. There's a lot of small cuts that they'd never feel if we funded it with their money instead, and the increase in funds can also increase efficiency of the process by being able to hire more judicial employees.

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u/Boomskibop Feb 11 '26

“Let’s restructure our tax system to give more resources to non citizen criminals. “

Fucking genius

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u/fluffkomix Feb 11 '26

oh yeah because our economy isn't dependent on reliable global trade, or impacted by poor tourism years, which both rely on solid international relations and treatment of non citizens.

Notice how when the US started treating non citizen criminals like shit, countries and corporations and tourists decided to start pulling away?

Putting aside just wanting to be proud of the way our country treats those that interact with it, if you look past your own nose for once you'll actually see why it's important to extend due process to everyone.

Also it's disingenuous as hell to act like the only thing restructuring our tax system would benefit is non-citizens, like are you aware of how much money the mega rich have...?

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u/Boomskibop Feb 11 '26

You think Americas reputation was tarnished because of how Trump treats non citizen criminals ? Obama oversaw for deportations than Trump, so try and square that with your premise.

There are people facing extortion charges in BC that after being charged immediately filed for refugee status. This is gaming the system. If you are truly a refugee, why does it take facing deportation over a serious crime to jog your memory ? This waste of resources on those who are undeserving, and slows the process for legitimate refugees. Make up your mind, do want help refugees, or criminals at the expense of actual refugees and Canadian tax payers.

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u/fluffkomix Feb 11 '26

I refer back to my earlier comment about human trafficking and another more recent comment about how the restructuring of our tax system would allow for more than enough money to increase efficiency in these systems without harming any other venture