If Canada continues to designate the U.S. as ‘safe’ while lethal immigration operations continue, then our realism is selective. We cannot claim moral leadership while outsourcing our conscience to a treaty signed under political conditions that no longer exist.
Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab, pictured, and Parliament should immediately suspend the Safe Third Country Agreement so Canada can meet its own legal and moral obligations, writes Washim Ahmed. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade