Write your MP ASAP. This bill is unacceptable, unconstitutional, and unCanadian.

  • Auli@lemmy.ca
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    4 days ago

    Why is the year limit a problem. If you sneek into the country for asylum and can’t be bothered to make it legal in a year I have no problem kicking you out.

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      4 days ago

      There are legal ways to visit Canada for extended periods of time.

      If, during that time, a person’s country is invaded or otherwise made unsafe, do you still have no problem kicking them out?

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      4 days ago

      Well, whether or not your asylum application gets processed and approved is at the whim of the government, not the applicant. From what I understand, the process is slow and rigidly bureacratic and can take more than a year to complete even if they don’t make you start over because you missed a ticky-box on some form or other.

      I admit I haven’t read the bill and it’s possible it gives some leeway for claims in process . . . but I would bet not.

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        78 (1) Subsection 101(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (b):

        (b.‍1) the claimant entered Canada after June 24, 2020 and made the claim more than one year after the day of their entry;

        That’s the entire passage in question.