DLS stands in solidarity with the Black community and protestors around the world in raising our voices against anti-Black racism and police brutality. The murder of George Floyd and the suspicious death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet are the latest in devastatingly long list of Black people’s lives that have been damaged and extinguished… Read More
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Black & Indigenous Lives Matter
July 28, 2020 – 3:28 pm
Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) is Unconstitutional, says the Federal Court of Canada in Landmark Decision
July 23, 2020 – 10:30 am
Yesterday, Madam Justice McDonald, of the Federal Court of Canada (FC), released her decision declaring the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) between Canada and the US unconstitutional. This means that refugees who cross at land Points of Entry from the US to Canada cannot be returned to the US, where… Read More
Separated Uyghur-Canadian Families: Canada must bring them home
July 10, 2020 – 12:04 pm
Khalil Mamut’s dream is to be reunited with his three young children.[/caption]Imagine escaping from a home where you do not feel safe, just to be captured and sent to a horrifying prison. There, you live in pain, and people accuse you of crimes you have not committed. Years later, you are freed and your… Read More