Proponents argue that this strategy would bolster national security by minimizing the risk of potential terrorists entering the country. Enhanced screening processes, once implemented, would provide a more thorough assessment of applicants, reducing the likelihood of malicious actors gaining entry. Critics argue that such a policy might inadvertently promote discrimination by broadly categorizing individuals based on their nation of origin rather than specific, credible threat intelligence. It may strain diplomatic relations with the affected countries and potentially harm the perception of the nation enacting the ban, being seen as hostile or prejudiced towards certain international communities. Additionally, genuine refugees fleeing terrorism or persecution in their home countries might be unjustly denied safe haven.
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@B4ND9T9Conservative5 days5D
Yes to improving screening techniques to not allow criminals and terrorists entering Canada. Also to ensure continued monitoring of immigrants to ensure productive citizens.
@B4LXJVM1wk1W
No, immigrants from high risk countries need to be able to find refuge. Make screening process more in depth.
@B3YMXQ2New Democratic1mo1MO
Is the government not already sufficient at screening potential threats? I would need to see evidence that their screening is not working well enough in order to consider a total ban on immigrants from high risk countries.
@B3VDTYG1mo1MO
The question is too vague. i don't think everyone should be fully banned until the screening is improved but i do think they should drastically lower the amount admitted through during the improvements.
@9WPPMKFRhinoceros6mos6MO
No, people may need a safe place to go, we can always judge people for their actions once they enter the country, and detain any suspicious person(s).
@9W68V6N6mos6MO
Hard to say. Not everyone is bad just because they’re from a high risk country. The screening process should be performed on everyone from said countries however rotated through and have “surprise” aspects to it so these said “terrorists” can’t learn and memorize the testing / screening process.
@9VZNCFG6mos6MO
I think that they should be allowed into Canada, but they should be allowed to only be somewhere remote or away from a big population until proven innocent.
@9VHWJLTNew Democratic7mos7MO
High risk countries should be looked at on a context, case by case scenario. Perhaps an officer like a parole officer would be able to invigilate those individuals.
@9JXW8SV1yr1Y
instead of being banned, i think we should run intense background checks of the individuals who are entering the country.
@9JXR49B1yr1Y
They should not be banned, but there should be thorough investigation before they are allowed in.
@9JXFQRR 1yr1Y
Yes, but refuges should still be allowed to enter.
@B4HZSYNConservative2wks2W
No, but regularly review recent immigrants to ensure they have become productive citizens and did not commit a serious crime
@B2RK7N62mos2MO
It depends. Do they have a criminal record? Do they have a history of violence or crime? If so yes. It's important to understand that there are evil people everywhere.
@B2RJMMN2mos2MO
If they have potential to commit crime, they should not be able to come here (family background, etc)
@B2RJFTD2mos2MO
No, because the people coming from these high risk countries are probably trying to escape such terrorists as well. So, the screening should be improved, but the immigrants shouldn't be outright banned, just regulated better.
@B2P4PHW3mos3MO
minimize the amount of immigrants we allow from those countries in a period of time and thoroughly background check all of them until we improve our ability to screen out terrorists.
with extensive background checks. but it can be good to give immigrants a good chance to escape war torn countries.
@9TBHZJ77mos7MO
No, immigrants from high risk countries should not be banned, however they still should have extra criminal background check done.
@9GNXXXT1yr1Y
That's against the constitution to discriminate on religion, and would be a huge reversal from the history of a move to a more progressive immigration system, as we have a points based (not race or faith based) immigration system.
@9G99M552yrs2Y
There should be a thorough background check on the immigrant and all their stuff coming in. Especially their social network.
@B4PS5QV3 days3D
Well if they do a background check which should be as deep as possible there shouldn't be terrorists coming into our country.
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