Government of Canada Appeal Granted on Safe Third Country Agreement
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OTTAWA, ON, April 15, 2021 /CNW/ - The Honourable Marco E.L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and the Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, today issued the following statement:
As a result, the application of the STCA at Canadian and U.S. land ports of entry remains in effect.
The STCA has served Canada well for 16 years, ensuring that our shared border remains well managed.
For the last three years, Canada has welcomed more refugees than any other country in the world, and continues to provide protection to those fleeing conflict and persecution. Canada remains firmly committed to upholding a fair and compassionate refugee protection system and the STCA remains a comprehensive means for the compassionate, fair, and orderly handling of asylum claims at the Canada-U.S. land border.
Government of Canada announces funding for project to support victims of human trafficking
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EDMONTON, AB, April 14, 2021 /CNW/ - Human trafficking is a heinous crime that disproportionately affects women and girls, as well as vulnerable and marginalized individuals. The Government of Canada is committed to ending human trafficking in all its forms.
Today, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Honourable Bill Blair, announced almost $500,000 over four years to REACH Edmonton Council for Safe Communities (REACH Edmonton) for a collaborative project entitled
Integrated Response for Victims of Sex Trafficking and Exploitation: Red Deer North, Alberta. This funding is made available
iPolitics By Tim Naumetz. Published on Apr 12, 2021 5:50pm Guns turned over to police in Waterloo, Ont., during their November 2017 gun-amnesty program (Waterloo Regional Police Service/ Twitter)
Reports that the governing Liberals plan to beef up a regime to monitor and control semi-automatic rifles which were prohibited in a sweeping ban last year are being panned by both sides in the ongoing battle between firearm owners and gun-control advocates.
After Ottawa was severely criticized for backtracking new legislation last February that would allow gun owners to keep their firearms locked up at home and unusable, the Canadian Shooting Sports Association has reported inside information about new proposals that include firearm-lockup systems monitored by police.
MONTREAL The federal government wants to create a new regulator to crack down on illegal online porn, including videos of childhood sexual abuse and images shared without consent, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said in an announcement Monday. Blair was testifying in the parliamentary ethics committee in its hearing over Pornhub, the Montreal-based porn giant that has faced a reckoning in the last months. We recognize that also there s much more work to do, said Blair in his appearance, which was announced at the last minute late last week. And that s why we will introduce legislation to create a new regulator that will ensure that online platforms remove harmful content, including depictions of childhood sexual exploitation and. images that are shared without consent.