Values of the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement
Published on December 10, 2003

The Canadian government has used 9/11 and the consequential focus on security as a cover for negotiating an agreement with the United States which would deflect Canada-bound asylum seekers who pass through the US. Is this agreement really about Canadian security? If not, what is the agreement about? The author uses the preamble to the Canada-US Safe Third Country Agreement as well as this text to compare the stated objectives of the Agreement with its likely impact on security – for Canada, the US and asylum seekers.
ISBN – 1-55832-070-3