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Petition for Canadian government to help US trans people seek asylum/refugee status.
(www.momentumcanada.net)
this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2025
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Imo, sure it's very very unlikely to have anything happen. But if there's even a small chance we should continue trying. I don't think it's impossible for a politicians understand that people want something via a petition like this and offer a modified bill that has concessions so it doesn't fck with any agreements we have with the US but still support trans 'refugees".
Also it's not really about being friendly it's more just that if shit does hit the fan and everything planned in the executive orders happens folks have a place to escape to even if it's not perfect. Since those kinda anti human rights laws are a lot harder to do in Canada then the US.
Sure I am not knocking the attempt as a matter of principle.
However, you are plainly wrong about the Canadian constitution if you think it’s safer. Look into the notwithstanding clause.
All a politician needs to do in order to genocide us with explicitly transphobic legislation is invoke the notwithstanding clause.
And Pierre Poilievre has said he will do so in order to add new criminal offences to the law that violate human rights. His party’s platform is also looking like it will win a majority and the platform includes banning trans women from female spaces at the federal level (something that can only be done via the criminal code thanks to separation of powers in our constitution).
They explicitly don’t even need a state of emergency or any reason at all to do so. They just need to do it & it overrides all of section 15 charter rights which means all of our rights to be free from discrimination on the basis of trans status.
Totally legal in Canadas constitution and would likely be upheld by the Supreme Court. It’s a massive hole in our country’s legal system.
Not trying to be discouraging here. Just FYI I live in Canada and am beginning to assess my own options for leaving if needed. India and Thailand are looking pretty good. EU, NZ, and AUS maybe.