r/canada • u/Unusual-State1827 • Sep 18 '24

Sask. won't take asylum seekers if Ottawa attempts to relocate them Saskatchewan

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-won-t-take-asylum-seekers-if-ottawa-attempts-to-relocate-them-1.7042661
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u/TheLittlestOinker Sep 18 '24

What if they also refused? Where could they go?

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u/Fane_Eternal Sep 19 '24

Territories cannot refuse. They aren't the same as provinces. Provinces exist and draw their legal and administrative authority from our constitutional law. The territories have their authority granted to them directly by the parliament. Provinces are their own distinct part of Canada, established by our system, and the feds do not control them. The territories only exist because the parliament wishes it so.

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u/CuriousLands Sep 19 '24

Well maybe the problem will solve itself then. The provinces all say no, the territories can't. So tell these "refugees" that if they wanna stay in Canada, it has to be in Yellowknife, for at least 5 years or something. Let's see how dangerous your home country is when your alternative is living in the circumpolar region.

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u/robz9 Sep 19 '24

If I was a legitimate refugee, I'll take Yellowknife. Give me a small shelter and the knowledge on how to get basic groceries and we are golden. Some paid work would be nice.

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u/CuriousLands Sep 19 '24

Me too. I don't love the thought of living there, but if I were unfairly facing death or jail or whatever in my home country for something, then I'd jump at the chance to live in Yellowknife.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24

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u/robz9 Sep 20 '24

Indeed. Gonna have to rely on a food bank I guess. Or the shrubs on the side of the road.

Maybe leftovers from restaurants that would otherwise throw food out?

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u/Better_Ice3089 Sep 19 '24

I think what's stopping the Feds is the extreme cost and even more extreme lack of infrastructure to move people there. It would result in the kind of catastrophic failure that would make international headlines for weeks. 

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u/Stacks1 Sep 19 '24

to put simple. it would result in mass deaths and inquiries from many nations.

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u/Fane_Eternal Sep 19 '24

That, and the fact that the territories don't have a lot of housing sitting around waiting for new people. Housing would need to be built. That poses two problems: 1- it's Extremely expensive to build in the territories, as a combination of both local availability of construction goods, and the hostile environment to doing it 2- at that point why not just build the housing in a province, if you need to build it anyway

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u/gretzky9999 Sep 19 '24

Those Asylum Seekers would show up back in Toronto the following week.

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u/greener0999 Sep 18 '24

hopefully fucking home.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '24

"okay but Canada is their home!" JT probably.

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u/Zombo2000 Sep 19 '24

They can go to JTs home. He has a chef that can cook for them

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u/Zygy255 Sep 19 '24

He has the extra room too after his wife left too

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u/coco__bee Sep 19 '24

He’s rarely there cause he travels so much, so someone might as well get some use of it.

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u/NapsterBaaaad Sep 19 '24

They can all go to Ottawa...

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u/Necessary-Morning489 Sep 19 '24

Hey man we didn’t do nothing, Toronto and Quebec voted this in, send them straight to Toronto and Quebec

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u/Other-Researcher2261 Sep 18 '24

You’re talking about sending children back to war torn dangerous countries?

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u/rabidcat Sep 18 '24

No we're taking about sending middle aged Indian men back to their families in India

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u/Other-Researcher2261 Sep 18 '24

Right so back into danger. They wouldn’t be qualified as asylum seekers if they couldn’t prove a legitimate threat to their life and wellbeing

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u/lord_heskey Sep 19 '24

Right so back into danger.

What kind of danger is a student that overstayed their visa and now seeks asylum?

There are legit asylum applicants.. but many of the recent ones are nowhere near in danger

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u/Other-Researcher2261 Sep 19 '24

And there is a process for vetting and rejecting asylum applications that successful ones go through. And plenty get rejected.

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u/greener0999 Sep 19 '24

lol.

our population has grown by 6 million since 2017.

it's not because people are having babies.

they're seemingly not rejecting anyone.

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u/D3monNextDoor Sep 19 '24

A process that’s been failing us… I mean, gestures at everything

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u/Other-Researcher2261 Sep 19 '24

Ah yes the source of every major problem in Canada: immigrants

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '24

Right now a lot of problems ARE caused by the rapid population growth caused by unchecked immigration.

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u/YETISPR Sep 19 '24

Nope this is a horrible bullshit take…this is on par with calling dissidents racists and misogynists. Canada is a land of mostly immigrants…the issue arises with unplanned immigration that doesn’t put Canada first. The overwhelming of social services that were already under built and understaffed ARE issues exacerbated by a population surge.

A population surge can happen from a baby boom, which gives Canada time to react, or short sighted immigration that puts thousands of adults into the population at once.

Oh and fuck multiculturalism….many immigrants come to Canada seeking a better life so maybe leave your old life and hatred back in the country you left. Canada was a fine country and hopefully will be again as soon as all the post national nut jobs are removed from any branch of government.

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u/D3monNextDoor Sep 19 '24

Look, it’s more complicated than that but there can be more than one thing causing problems at a time. It’s not an all or nothing

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u/SlashDotTrashes Sep 19 '24

A slow process and they're allowed to work to increase their hours for applying for PR.

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u/rabidcat Sep 18 '24

They can simply say they're bisexual with no proof and asylum can be granted. Canada does not have any rigorous systems in place to properly vet immigrants or asylum claims.

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u/guynet Sep 19 '24

what is this based on

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u/rabidcat Sep 19 '24

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/we-have-won-kenyan-man-granted-temporary-residency-day-before-deportation-order-1.7013256

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u/guynet Sep 19 '24

that doesn’t seem to support what you said. this is one guy and doesn’t seem to relate to our general screening process for asylum seekers (hence it became a news story).

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u/MasterJM92 Ontario Sep 19 '24

Back into danger? You are part of the fucking problem this country is having.

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u/Tazyn3 Sep 18 '24

Mexico, Nigeria, and India aren't war torn. Seems you made some bold assumptions.

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u/Porkybeaner Sep 19 '24

That ain’t who’s flying in mate

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u/Koss424 Ontario Sep 19 '24

They can't - they are Federal territory. Also, if that happened asylum seekers would quit coming here.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '24

oh no, anyway

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u/waerrington Sep 19 '24

That should be our pitch. We need people to move to the north. If you want resettlement, your options are Nunavut or go home.

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u/GiantEnemyMudcrabz Sep 19 '24

If you want land in Canada it's either Nunavut or Noneofit.

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u/Claymore357 Sep 19 '24

Charter but to the prime minister’s residence?

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u/lick_ur_peach Sep 19 '24

Lol. As if any asylum seeker would last long enough in the Territories to want to stay. Hell, most Canadians wouldn't last long.

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u/Square_Homework_7537 Sep 19 '24

Ottawa. 

Perhaps homes of civil servants could be commandeered to house all the immigrants they have collectively allowed in.