Zain Haq, co-founder of Vancouver-based group Save Old Growth, is slated to be deported April 22, 2024. His lawyer said he was unfairly targeted by the Canada Border Services Agency.
A lawyer for a Vancouver-based climate activist says government plans to deport his client could have a “chilling effect” on international students looking to exercise their right to political speech.
According to Cohn, the border agency failed to communicate with the university and carry out a full investigation, a procedural shortcut he worries could intimidate other international students looking to speak up for what they think is right. “Being engaged in lawful protest activities would not, in and of itself, render an individual inadmissible to Canada.”
Cohn, said it’s not unusual that CBSA would remove an international student convicted of crimes, whether it was shoplifting or anything else.
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