Kenney launches crackdown on foreign criminals

[Rerun]

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06...y-deportation/

New legislation introduced today by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney will crack down on foreign criminals who delay deportation to their home countries by utilizing Canada’s lengthy appeals system, and make it easier for the government to deport them.
The new laws will limit the access foreign criminals will have to the Immigration and Refugee Board’s Appeal division, thereby reducing the time they can remain in Canada by up to 14 months.

Go ahead... flame away.

[hockeycop]

I like this.

[Senator Clay Davis]

He should have called them "Foreign criminal, plus their utter a-holes" in the press release.

[Fire]

Makes sense to me. Meaning I'm sure the NDP will be against it.

[CaptainCrunch]

bout fracking time, this is pretty commonsense stuff.

[Sr. Mints]

Never mind. Blind person, coming through.

[Northendzone]

As a law abiding taxpayer, I demand to pay for these guys to have several appeals and access to healthcare, EI and other social safety nets.....

[Dan02]

This may be the only thing since the conservatives were elected that I've actually agreed with.

[longsuffering]

Originally Posted by Dan02

This may be the only thing since the conservatives were elected that I've actually agreed with.

With this policy, the Conservatives have doubled the number of their initiatives I support.

Now if they'd stop treating parliament and the Budget office with such contempt, who knows, maybe they could get me on board with more.

[CaptainCrunch]

The only thing missing from this law is the use of a catapult.

[killer_carlson]

I'm one of the few immigration lawyers who (it seems) supports a lot of what Kenny does.

However some of the fine print on this one needs work. Consider that a 50 something year old highly skilled worker may be prevented from coming in to lead a team or demonstrate a technique to the domestic workforce because of a conviction for possession from 30 years prior.

This one has great headline material but the first draft of the. Legislation needs serious work.

[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

I'm one of the few immigration lawyers who (it seems) supports a lot of what Kenny does.

However some of the fine print on this one needs work. Consider that a 50 something year old highly skilled worker may be prevented from coming in to lead a team or demonstrate a technique to the domestic workforce because of a conviction for possession from 30 years prior.

This one has great headline material but the first draft of the. Legislation needs serious work.

This law isn't dealing with foreign nationals attempting to enter Canada to work, it is dealing with Permanent Residents of Canada who are not yet citizens.

Since you say you are an Immigration lawyer you should already know that foreign nationals who have criminal convictions in Canada are subject to deporation for almost any offence no matter what sentence is imposed. If you are talking about foreign nationals seeking entry into Canada then you should also know that any criminal conviction outside of Canada that equates to an offence in Canada would also make them inadmissible. Furthermore, you would also know that foreign nationals who have convictions outside of Canada and if that conviction does not equate to an offence in Canada where the person could get 10 years or more as a sentence or was sentenced to more than 6 months in prison and 10 years has elapsed since the completion of the sentence, than that person would not be inadmissible to Canada. Thus, your entire arguement above does not hold water.

Again, this law has nothing to do with non-permanent residents or anyone seeking entry into Canada.

This is probably a good thing, but even I didn't believe that the government would introduce a law basically eliminating appeal rights for Permanent Residents.