Arcanepotato

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You're right, the STCA does not apply to US citizens. But as long as the US is considered "safe", refugee claims are going to be impossible to argue.

Oh, they are very aware. The STCA has been before the courts a few times. You can read about it here: https://ccrweb.ca/en/safe-third-country

Folks have been suing the gov about the Safe Third a country agreement since 2005 - opposition isn't new. And yes, the courts did strike it down but the gov appealed, and it's still under review.

The govs website about the agreement even includes a section on why the US is considered a safe country.

I think assuming they are 'behind the curve' is ... generous.

Oh shit I should

 

Canadian authorities have returned more than 1,600 asylum seekers to the United States in 2025 without hearing their case for refugee protection, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Many have landed in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.

[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

From a non- paywall article about Hannah Kreager:

Her pending claim for protection in the Great White North could be a landmark case, the American believes.

'I'm here in Canada with a terrific lawyer taking up my unprecedented case: seeking asylum from the United States of America on the grounds of violation of human rights,' she posted online.

'My case is a precedent-setting one, and if successful, could make asylum for trans people in the U.S. possible.'

I hope she's successful. The Safe Third Country agreement needs to be ended. Until that time, the path to claiming refuge status from the US will be extremely expensive and onerous and not likely to be successful. The canadian government needs to be called out on their hypocrisy and refusal to 'rock the boat' by ending it.

No one has been granted refugee status on the grounds yet, so it's not possible to say. People are immigrating by other means.

The Safe Third Country agreement is a major barrier and must be dropped, but that's not going to happen: despite all the warm and fuzzy talk the give has had during the previous trump admin and the current, the gov continues to fight challenges to the agreement in court: https://ccrweb.ca/en/safe-third-country

I think there is a gross overestimation of the support that is available. I've seen a lot of bad articles copying and pasting different parts of immigration policy and programs but without understanding how it works as a whole.

Like, Canada has a website about helping LGBTQI+ refugees ( https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees/about-refugee-system/2slgbtqi-plus.html ) and it includes partnerships with groups like Rainbow Railroad who can refer people in need of resettlement to the refugee process.

But if you only look at that and fail to consider the safe third country agreement, you're giving false hope.

[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Thank you!

My partner is the mastermind behind most of the perennial selection!

I goofed, it's actually a Proudberry cultivar of a coral berry. It's not edible and the website of the producer says it "may" be eaten by birds. I think ours are?

It's a great example of our naivety at the nursery. I don't think we really understood what cultivators were when we first started stocking up. We try and avoid them generally, but once and a while get swayed by pretty things...

She's a stunner!

 

Specially curated jams for a pleasing gardening experience

Reaping what we sowed, bro

 

My weeding practice in raised beds is as follows: do a big weeding before planting things, leave things the fuck alone until what you planted is big enough to not injure or mistake for a weed, do another big weeding, try and keep on top of it so it never gets out of control until the planted items take over and wedding isn't really required, just pull the things that are flowering.

Even with the above I still try to have a light hand and not go tilling or pulling everything up and disturbing the soil.

Today I pulled up what looks like the fruiting body of dead man finger fungus. I probably killed those ones but because I caught it so early I am able to notice and be careful around the other fruiting body I found. Hopefully I'll be rewarded but a show put on by this creepy friend!

 

cross-posted from: https://crazypeople.online/post/2899464

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