End federal ties with ICE
Petitioners ask the House of Commons to end federal support and contracts with companies serving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, revoke export permits and ICE offices, and terminate the Safe Third Country Agreement.
Why we would sign this petition
- It would stop federal funding and contracts that, petitioners say, enable ICE operations, reducing Canadian complicity in alleged human‑rights abuses.
- Revoking export permits and government contracts would limit provision of armoured vehicles, surveillance technology and services to ICE, reducing material support.
- Terminating the Safe Third Country Agreement would prevent automatic returns to the U.S., potentially protecting asylum seekers and aligning Canada with its human‑rights obligations.
Why we wouldn’t sign this petition
- Removing contracts and cooperation could hinder bilateral law‑enforcement and migration cooperation with the United States, complicating cross‑border investigations or information sharing.
- Cancelling contracts and permits may harm Canadian companies and jobs that rely on U.S. government work, creating economic and supply‑chain impacts.
- Ending the Safe Third Country Agreement could increase irregular border crossings and pressure on Canada’s asylum system, creating practical challenges for processing claims.
The summary and both sets of reasons are AI-generated from the petition and given equal weight. Claims are the petitioners’ own; consult the official record for the full text.
Official petition
Petition to the House of Commons United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has been widely documented as engaging in serious human rights abuses, including arbitrary detention, family separation, detention of children, medical neglect, and deaths in custody; Canadians, including Canadian children, have been detained in ICE custody; Canadian companies have supplied goods, services, technology, and security services to ICE or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; The Government of Canada has provided public funding, contracts, subsidies, or export permits to companies that contract with ICE or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and Canada has obligations under the Arms Trade Treaty and the Export and Import Permits Act to prevent exports where there is a substantial risk of serious human rights violations. We, the undersigned, citizens or residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to: 1. Cancel federal subsidies, grants, and public funding to Canadian companies that contract with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; 2. Cancel federal government contracts with companies that provide goods or services to ICE or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; 3. Deny or revoke export permits for armoured vehicles, surveillance technology, and other controlled goods destined for ICE; 4. Revoke permission for ICE to operate offices on Canadian soil; 5. Terminate the Safe Third Country Agreement pursuant to Article 10; and 6. Take the necessary steps to ensure that Canada does not support, enable, or legitimize human rights abuses committed by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Government response
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