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Immigration minister appears unaware of court ruling that guarantees Charter rights for refugees

Supreme Court's landmark Singh decision led to establishment of Refugee Board. Refugee rights advocates say they are shocked that the federal immigration minister appeared to be unfamiliar with the landmark Supreme Court decision widely considered to be the cornerstone of the Canadian refugee protection system. In an interview with Radio-Canada, Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab was repeatedly asked about the...

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CBSA complaints commission still not up and running

A new independent commission tasked with monitoring, for the very first time, the activities of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has still not been established, almost four months after the adoption of legislation. The law establishing the new Public Complaints and Review Commission for CBSA and the RCMP was adopted on Oct. 31, 2024, after years of lobbying by...

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Agents of Indian government interfered in Patrick Brown's Conservative leadership campaign: sources

Poilievre's office says it knows nothing about alleged foreign interference. Agents of the Indian government allegedly attempted to derail Patrick Brown's campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 2022, according to sources who spoke to Radio-Canada. Brown's national campaign co-chair, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner, allegedly was pressured to withdraw her support for Brown in the 2022 Conservative...

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Ontario court approves class-action by immigration detainees against federal government

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has certified a class-action lawsuit against the federal government regarding the use of provincial jails for immigration detainees. The suit represents 8,360 people who were detained in 87 provincial and territorial jails by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) between 2016 and 2023. In the decision issued Friday, the court rejected each of the...

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Trudeau government negotiating with provinces to keep migrants behind bars

Despite assurances by every Canadian province that they're ending their immigration detention agreements with the federal government, Ontario and Quebec now appear to be backtracking — at the federal government's request. The Ontario government had stated that starting June 15, it would refuse to incarcerate migrants on behalf of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in its provincial jails.

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Parliamentary committee to study federal departments' use of tools to extract personal data

A parliamentary committee will look into the use of tools capable of extracting personal data from mobile phones, computers and tablets within the federal government. The Bloc Québécois motion requesting such a study was adopted Wednesday with unanimous support from members of the standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics.

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Spyware being used by 13 federal departments, documents show

Spyware normally associated with the intelligence world is being used by 13 federal departments and agencies, according to contracts obtained under access to information legislation and shared with Radio-Canada.