Federal legislators need to address “loopholes” that hinder efforts to combat extortion-related shootings in British Columbia, including one that permits suspects to seek refugee status, Premier David Eby says.
There have been numerous shootings targeting individuals from the South Asian community in Surrey, B.C., over the past few months and Eby emphasized during a recent press conference the urgent need to close “loopholes” that he described as “corrosive” to public confidence in Canada’s immigration system.
Eby referenced Bill C-12, known as the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, which is currently undergoing its second reading in the Senate, and Bill C-14, which is aimed at bolstering bail laws….