This case is on appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal, where the decision to dismiss had been unanimous. The appellant Jekayannan Kanthasamy is hence, appealing the decision dismissing his application for judicial review of the denial of his request for humanitarian and compassionate relief under s.25(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The respondant in this case is the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. This appeal was supported by intervenors including the Canadian Council for Refugees, Justice for Children and Youth, Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic, Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers and Parkdale Community Legal Services.…
From the informations above, we can see this law considerably makes Canada a better and safer place to live in. This is the balance between the individual concern and social concern…
-Canada has a long history of accepting refugees seeking asylum, from accepting British loyalists and escaped slaves during the American Civil war to accepting Hungarians fleeing soviet oppression during the Hungarian revolution. Since those times Canada has long been considered a safe haven for those coming from war torn nations.…
On December 9, 1956, the ocean liner Arosa Sun arrived in Quebec City, carrying 257 passengers who escaped Hungary after the Hungarian Revolution just two months ago. They were greeted by Quebec City and federal officials along with more than three thousand Canadians on the docks. These people were just a microscopic portion of the 2,099,641 immigrants who came to Canada from 1945 to 1961. While Canada always had a door open for immigrants, the nation’s attitude towards immigrants has changed dramatically in the mid 20th century. Between the end of WWII to the beginning of the cold war, a nation with mostly closed doors started to open them up. Canada’s attitude towards immigrants shifted from “keeping non-ideal immigrants out of the country”…
Australia has a policy of mandatory detention for all refugees and asylum seekers who arrive by boat to Australian shores (http//www.westnet.com.au/jackhsmit/detention.htm).…
How many immigrants should Canada be accepting; more, the same or fewer? Many people would say the intake should be less, others would say more, rarely will anyone agree that it should remain the same. The article, “Immigration Watch Canada” depicts the statistics of the immigrant intake in Canada throughout the years and the serious impact it has on Canadian citizens daily lives. Another article, “Why Canada Needs Immigrants” entails the need for immigrants, for the fertility rate is low and consequently the need for skilled workers is high.…
I believe that this is very important not only to these refugees, but what Canada stands for. We stand for freedom and equality, whether someone was born here or not is of no consequence to them. We help those who need the best we can, we weren’t always so helpful though. Once in 1938 Jewish refugees who were fleeing from Nazi rule had requested refugee status in Canada, the Canadian government refused to accommodate these people who had requested our help. This refusal to help was essentially a death sentence for all those who applied. From then on we have helped as many as we could, as we have learned from our mistake. Our helpfulness is very important, we are peace keepers above all else while in conflict, if anything it is one of the biggest factors in all Canadian…
Decades ago, the Canadian government was extremely racist against cultures that differed from the Canadian culture. With their power, they did everything possible to turn immigrants off from the country. However, there is a string of defining themes and moments that have changed their discriminative perspective. Examples include; The Indian Act, Residential Schools, and The League of Indians…
Human trafficking is also called modern day slavery and is defined as holding someone illegally and against their will by form of deception and coercion and turning them into laborers and prostitutes without paying them. It is hard to believe that in the twenty first century, slavery still exists especially here at home and right under our noses. This has been an ongoing problem since the nineteenth century. A lot of people were trafficked into the United States and sold as slaves. Back then there were no laws that stated that it was illegal to traffic human beings and turn them into slaves.…
When you ask yourself, “What is the reasoning for human trafficking?” what comes to mind? People have linked human trafficking with slavery because of how they treated people, typically because of forced labor or sexual exploitation. It’s sad to see that traffickers use force and fraud to bring in their victims and force them to do ungodly acts. There are different elements of human trafficking, which we have gone over such as what is done, how it is done, and why is it done?…
The Syrian Refugee Crisis is certainly a hot-button issue today. It has been the subject of major political debate in the last federal election, with many criticising the Conservative Government for its slow speed, lack of commitment, and alleged cherry-picking attitude towards refugee resettlement. The Liberal Party, meanwhile, capitalized on the emotional atmosphere following the release of the photograph of the Syrian child, Alan Kurdi, dead on a Turkish beach; they pledged to bring in 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of 2015 if elected (Levitz 2016). Comments have been made by figures from both sides of the political spectrum, some deeply emotion while others racists or prejudiced. The public has raised numerous fears, both rational and irrational, of terrorism, burdens on the welfare system, and a rise in cultural and racial tensions. Even the American Senate got involved, with senators claiming that terrorists would enter Canada as refugees then infiltrate the United States, a claim that has later been debunked (Panetta 2016).…
When immigration was going to the legislative, the controversy over America's immigration policy is both hardly new and far from being resolved. Approximately sixty percent of the unauthorized population that are productive, living quietly, or paying taxes have been here for the last decade, unoticable. But nearly half of canadians want to depart people who are illegally crossing from the United States. Twenty-three percent of those canadians listed immigration control as among the top national issues that went up about seventeen percent in just over six months.…
It is essential to understand that people, both men and women, do actively and willingly engage in sex work; the reality is, it is not going away. It is my opinion, and indeed the opinion of the Government of Canada, that some forms of sex work should be legalized.…
- Victim Impact Statement (Hamilton forced labor status): This Threat Assessment is the first major overview that identifies trends in Canada and provides strategic guidance for implementation efforts. It also guided government actions by preventing and combating trafficking in human beings, strengthening policies and programs to address victims' needs and target traffickers. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police constantly conducts threat assessments of this…
The current epidemic in America is human trafficking. Human trafficking occurs all across the globe and is a modern-day form of slavery. It is a heinous act that only becomes worse with each passing year. The public needs to be educated on what human trafficking is and what victims of human trafficking endure; therefore, not only does the public need educated, but local police departments and hospital facilities need to learn how to identify and help victims of human trafficking.…