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Globe and Mail
19 minutes ago
- Globe and Mail
Ottawa has duty to ensure welfare of Canadians in ICE custody, advocates say
The growing number of Canadian citizens detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is disturbing and raises questions about whether Ottawa is doing enough to ensure the well-being of Canadians in custody, experts say, after revelations that Canadian children as young as two years old have been held for weeks in immigration detention this year. The Globe and Mail on Thursday published extensive analysis of American enforcement data revealing that 149 Canadian citizens have been held at some point in ICE custody since January, when President Donald Trump took office and ordered an expansive immigration crackdown. Two Canadian toddlers were held for weeks at a remote Texas facility that is at the centre of a court case alleging inadequate access to safe drinking water, medical care and legal assistance. One of the children was held for 51 days – more than double the legal detention period for migrant children in the United States. Citing privacy, Global Affairs Canada has not commented on what, exactly, it is doing to ensure Canadian detainees are being held in safe conditions and have access to due process. However, Charlotte MacLeod, a spokesperson for the department, said that 'Canadian officials maintain regular engagement with U.S. counterparts related to Canadians in immigration-related detention.' Ms. MacLeod told The Globe this week that Ottawa cannot 'ask for special treatment for citizens, try to spare them from the due process of local law or overrule the decisions of local authorities.' Documented or not, immigrants in the U.S. fear they'll be swept up in Trump's mass deportation crackdown Julia Sande, a lawyer with Amnesty International Canada's English-speaking section, said The Globe's findings are 'horrifying and deeply disturbing.' She said the Canadian government's comments are cause for significant concern. 'What does due process look like for a toddler?' she said. 'Canada can say it can't interfere in other countries, but what steps is Canada taking to ensure that its citizens, including its toddler citizens' rights are being upheld?' she said. The anonymized ICE data analyzed by The Globe are current to the end of July and disclose details about thousands of detention cases dating back to 2023, including detainees' nationality, year of birth, time in custody and the reason for the detention. The information was obtained through a federal district-court lawsuit against ICE brought by the Deportation Data Project, which is run by a group of academics and lawyers in the U.S. The Globe's analysis showed that, as of the end of July, 56 Canadians arrested this year were still in ICE detention. Over all, the number of Canadians arrested by ICE so far in 2025 is on pace to double that of last year. Sharry Aiken, a professor at Queen's University Faculty of Law, said the use of immigration detention in the U.S. has long been concerning, but the Trump administration has introduced a 'dramatic intensification' of the practice. That includes detaining long-time residents of the United States. Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of public affairs at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, had told The Globe in a statement that: 'Allegations of subprime conditions at these facilities are FALSE.' American visitors to Canada outnumber Canadians heading south, data suggest In June, Johnny Noviello, a 49-year-old Canadian man who had lived in the United States as a permanent resident for decades, died while in ICE custody. He was detained at his probation office two years after being convicted of several drug-related offences. 'There's a heightened responsibility for the Canadian government to stand up and take notice, because the government has an obligation to protect its citizens,' Prof. Aiken said. In countries that are party to the United Nations Vienna Convention on Consular Relations − including Canada and the United States − arresting authorities must advise detainees of their right to access consular representation from their home country. According to the Canadian government's consular affairs service standards, Canadian consular officials are typically notified of an arrest or detention of a Canadian abroad. Consular officials will 'take steps to initiate contact' with the individual within one working day of learning of the detention, the standards document says. Officials will increase the frequency of their contact if the Canadian detainee is deemed to be particularly vulnerable, including in situations where Ottawa has concerns about human-rights violations, according to the service standard. Ottawa human-rights lawyer Paul Champ said that although there may be standards on paper, consular assistance for Canadian detainees abroad is, in his experience representing Canadians detained abroad, inconsistent, opaque and influenced by the politics between the two countries in question. 'These reports of the conditions of confinement are quite appalling, and Canada should be seriously concerned about that and taking action,' he said. NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson said she was concerned to learn of The Globe's findings, including the 'illegal and inhumane' detention of one of the Canadian toddlers for more than seven weeks. The little girl was detained in late May at the South Texas Family Residential Center, and appears to have been detained with a Bolivian woman and another child, who was born in 2019 and also has Bolivian citizenship. Subsidiary of Canadian security company cleared to provide up to $138-million in 'emergency detention' services to ICE The Bolivian woman was picked up for an immigration violation and does not have a criminal record. They were granted a conditional release from detention in mid-July to await a decision on their expedited-removal case. The ICE data show that another Canadian child, born in 2022, was also detained in early May. The boy appears to have been detained with a Congolese woman for almost four days in an ICE hold room near the Canadian border. At the time, these sites were meant for detentions of under 12 hours. The policy has since changed to 72 hours. The Congolese woman was picked up for an immigration violation and does not have a criminal record. The pair were then transferred to the South Texas facility where they remained in custody for more than two weeks. They were subsequently released on a supervision order. A suite of legal protections known as the Flores Settlement Agreement requires migrant children to be released from government custody after no more than 20 days in detention. The White House is currently seeking to terminate the agreement. 'We call on the Liberal government to tell President Trump in no uncertain terms: These are human-rights violations and violations of due process, and this is unacceptable,' said Ms. McPherson. 'It is clear the United States under President Trump is no longer a safe place for many, including Canadians.'
Globe and Mail
an hour ago
- Globe and Mail
Trump says he will do everything he can to save jailed Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai
U.S. President Donald Trump says his government will 'do everything we can' to help jailed Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai ahead of closing arguments in Mr. Lai's trial under Beijing's national security law. In a Fox radio interview on Thursday, Mr. Trump said he had already raised Mr. Lai's case with the Chinese government. 'I've already brought it up and I am going to do everything I can to save him. I'm going to do everything,' the President said. 'His name has already entered the circle of things that we're talking about and we'll see what we can do.' Mr. Trump's reaffirmed pledge to press for Mr. Lai's release follows similar advocacy from the European Union, Britain and Australia. And it turns up pressure on Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has so far not spoken out on the case despite Mr. Lai's close ties to Canada. Mr. Trump did not specify how exactly he had raised Mr. Lai's name or how he planned to do so in the future. The U.S. and China are locked in trade negotiations precipitated by Mr. Trump's escalation of tariffs on Beijing earlier this year. Mr. Trump has said he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping this year if a trade agreement is reached. Immigration minister urged to grant jailed Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai citizenship Before last year's election, Mr. Trump said he 'a hundred per cent' would speak with Mr. Xi about Mr. Lai. In May, he said Mr. Lai would be 'part of the negotiation' in trade talks with China. In his comments Thursday, Mr. Trump was careful to manage expectations. 'I didn't say a hundred per cent, I'd save him. I said a hundred per cent, I'm going to be bringing it up,' he said. The President said Mr. Xi 'would not be exactly thrilled' to let Mr. Lai go. Mr. Lai owned the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper, among other business interests. He was arrested in 2020 under the national security law, which the Chinese government imposed on the city amid protests that said the law was nothing more than a cover to crack down on free speech and dissent. The 77-year-old publisher has spent four years and eight months in solitary confinement at a maximum-security prison. He has diabetes and his lawyers have raised concerns that sweltering-hot conditions behind bars are grievously damaging his health. His trial is set to hear closing arguments on Friday. Mr. Lai's mother was Canadian, his sister lives in Canada and he owns restaurants, hotels and spas in the country. Among the charges he faces is 'collusion with foreign countries,' including speaking with Canadian parliamentarians. Prosecutors accuse him of orchestrating anti-government protests in 2019 and trying to get other countries to place sanctions on Chinese officials. Former justice minister Irwin Cotler, Mr. Lai's Canadian lawyer, said Mr. Trump's support for Mr. Lai shows an international political convergence on the issue that could influence China by tying the case to Beijing's trade and diplomatic interests. 'My hope is that China would realize at this point that the release of Jimmy Lai is not only the right thing to do from the point of view of justice, from the point of view of humanity,' he said in an interview, 'but that it is in their self-interest to release him.' The Editorial Board: China's torture of Jimmy Lai must end now He said Mr. Lai was being held in 'torturous' conditions that, with his medical deterioration, amounted to 'a slow-moving execution.' Mr. Cotler said the case marked 'an unusual moment' in which both Republicans and top Democrats, including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, are on the same side of an issue. 'At this point, I'd like to see our own government in Canada step up and exercise leadership,' he said. In June, Liberal MP Judy Sgro was set to present a motion to the House of Commons calling for Mr. Lai to be granted honorary Canadian citizenship. Ms. Sgro said the move, which had garnered multiparty support, was shut down by Government House Leader Steven MacKinnon. Mr. MacKinnon's office later told The Globe and Mail that it objected to putting forth such a motion 'without any debate,' even though Mr. Lai's case has previously been discussed by Parliament. Mr. Carney also did not respond to calls from Amnesty International and other human-rights groups to put Mr. Lai's case on the agenda of the G7 summit he hosted in Kananaskis, Alta., that month. The Prime Minister's Office did not respond to a request for comment on Thursday. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer raised Mr. Lai directly with Mr. Xi in a meeting last year, EU diplomats pressed his case with their Chinese counterparts in June and Australia's government has said his arrest was part of a campaign to 'repress civil society and prosecute journalists.' With a report from Marie Woolf
CBC
an hour ago
- CBC
WATCH — Are candy prices going up because of the tariff war?
Canada put tariffs on U.S. candy products and ingredients Candy lovers be warned — it's not just cavities that should concern you, but how to come up with the extra cash to buy your favourite sweet treats. It's partly related to the tariff war between the U.S. and Canada, experts told us. A tariff is a special type of tax on imported products. On March 4, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed tariffs of up to 25 per cent on certain Canadian goods. On July 31, he raised that to 35 per cent. Canada has introduced its own tariffs on some U.S. products to retaliate. Lately, some kids have told CBC Kids News they noticed candy was getting more expensive. So we went to Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, to ask kids about the tariff war, and if they noticed any price increases on products they buy. Some of them mentioned candy specifically. Watch this video to see what they had to say: Some candy, ingredients are imported from U.S. According to the experts we spoke to, lots of factors have been affecting the price of candy, like failing cocoa crops due to weather and climate conditions. But the candy industry is also being hit by the tariff war, according to Mike Von Massow, a food economist at the University of Guelph in Ontario. 'Canada has put tariffs on both sugar and candy products in retaliation for the U.S. tariffs,' he said. 'That's the big reason [higher prices have] been around for the last four or five months.' WATCH — What is inflation? Here's why things get more expensive Canada imports some candies that are manufactured in the U.S., like Sour Patch Kids, Nerds and Airheads, von Massow said. And Canadian candy companies often use ingredients from the U.S. to make their products. So even if a candy is produced in Canada, if the manufacturer imports sugar from the U.S., it's being affected by the tariff war. When companies have to pay more to make their products, they often raise their prices to make up for it. Candy seller seeing higher prices Kids News spoke to online candy retailer Candy Funhouse to see if they have noticed prices going up. 'We're seeing slight increases across the board,' said Dave Theodoropoulos, chief marketing officer at Candy Funhouse. 'We're seeing that as a result of importing them from the U.S., but also Canadian brands that are using U.S. ingredients.' As for what kids can do to avoid the price hikes, von Massow had a tip: if your favourite treat is too expensive, don't be afraid to try something else. 'The less brand loyal you are, the easier it is to avoid the most significant price increases,' he said.
