Cross My Tea, Dot My Eye (in my face)

Goddamn, Dogwood BC going all out in this ad

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From the start, NDP Immigration Critic Jenny Kwan has been calling out Conservative dog-whistle politics that falsely label refugees as law-breaking “illegals.”

Good for her. Unfortunately, it’s been a lonely task.

Canadian law is very clear: someone crossing our border at any place to claim asylum, whether the trip is made “directly or indirectly” from the country of persecution, “may not be charged with an offence.”

If the law says you can’t be charged, it’s not illegal. That’s not just the plain meaning. It’s the opinion of legal experts across Canada.

Yet Kwan has repeatedly had to remind Liberals and Conservatives of the facts about Canada’s laws.

Conservative Immigration Critic Michelle Rempel has pumped out dog-whistle “illegal” rhetoric that perks up the ears of her far-right followers. And it gives cover for the anti-refugee policies of U.S. President Trump. It’s disgraceful.

What’s also disgraceful is, rather than collapse the Conservatives’ false framing of the asylum-seeker issue, Liberals repeatedly adopted it. Very not progressive.

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