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   CBC News · Posted: Aug 21, 2020   
      
   Liberals appealing ruling striking down Canada-U.S. asylum agreement   
      
   The Liberal government is appealing last month's Federal Court decision that   
   ruled the Safe Third Country Agreement — Canada's asylum agreement with the   
   United States — infringes upon the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.   
      
   In a decision released July 22, Justice Ann Marie McDonald said the agreement   
   — which stops people from entering either Canada or the U.S. at official   
   Canada-U.S. border crossings and asking for asylum — violates the section of   
   the Charter    
   guaranteeing "the right to life, liberty and security of the person."   
      
   McDonald suspended her invalid ruling for six months to allow Parliament to   
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   respond.   
      
   Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said in a statement Friday the government   
   filed an appeal today because they believe there are factual and legal errors   
   in some of the court's key findings.   
      
   "There are important legal principles to be determined in this case, and it is   
   the responsibility of the government of Canada to appeal to ensure clarity on   
   the legal framework governing asylum law," reads the statement.   
      
   "Canada has a long and proud tradition of providing protection to those who   
   need it most by offering refuge to the world's most vulnerable people, and the   
   government of Canada remains firmly committed to upholding a compassionate,   
   fair and orderly    
   refugee protection system. The STCA remains a comprehensive vehicle to help   
   accomplish that, based on the principle that people should claim asylum in the   
   first safe country in which they arrive."   
      
   The 16-year-old agreement, which remains in effect, recognizes both countries   
   as "safe" countries for migrants and states that refugee claimants are   
   required to request refugee protection in the first country they arrive in —   
   meaning Canadian border    
   officials would send back to the U.S. any would-be refugee claimants arriving   
   at an official border crossing into Canada.   
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   Conservative MP and immigration critic Peter Kent immediately issued a   
   statement supporting the appeal.   
      
   But the NDP's critic Jenny Kwan called the move the a "heartless and shameful   
   act."   
      
   "By appealing this ruling, the federal Liberals are saying they'd rather let   
   people seeking the safety of asylum here in Canada suffer under Donald Trump's   
   rules, than stand up for human rights and Canadian values," she wrote in a   
   statement Friday    
   afternoon.   
      
   "It's un-Canadian."   
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