Our Security Lies in the Fight for the Rights of All
No to Canadian Collusion with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Its Violation of Rights
Canadians and Quebeckers have been outraged to find out that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is operating in five cities in Canada, through the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa and the consulates in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. These offices are among the 90 international offices ICE operates in over 50 countries, staffed by roughly 500 special agents, analysts and support personnel, according to the ICE website.
ICE
officers have a key role in what are called anti-terrorist
investigations. But who defines what is terrorist when the U.S. is
attacking the people at home and abroad, committing assassinations,
mass killing, bombing and wreaking destruction? It is of major concern
that in this period of counter-revolution anyone who does not go along
with U.S. President Donald Trump can be labeled a terrorist. Trump has
given himself and his cabinet the authority to decide what "domestic
terrorism" is and who is a "domestic terrorist" and fair game to be
killed as took place in Minneapolis.
It has now come to light that Canada uses a list known as Tipoff U.S./Canada (TUSCAN), operated by the FBI. TUSCAN is apparently a subset of the U.S. Terrorist Watchlist which has at least one million names. The list was established in 1997 and greatly expanded after 9/11. Police, ICE, the FBI, CIA and who knows who else can add anyone to the list on "reasonable suspicion" that the person has participated in "terrorist activities."
The Toronto Star describes the list as a "secret, expansive, junk-ridden database of suspected terrorists" and reports that it is even more difficult to get one's name removed than was the case with the notorious "no-fly" list which even listed small kids as terrorists. Canada established its own "no fly" list in 2007 but continues to use and contribute to TUSCAN, the Star report informs. TUSCAN is used by both Canadian and U.S. border and immigration officials for screening travelers entering either country by land, sea or air.
People
have no way of knowing they are on the TUSCAN list, or what they are
accused of, much less getting removed. The FBI can add anyone with no
legal process, without evidence, trial, presumption of innocence until
proven guilty, or any standards of domestic law whatsoever. It can be
used to
interrogate and detain people, deny entry to Canada, work permits,
visas, and refugee claims or applications for permanent residency, and
it is all arbitrary and subject to prerogative executive powers.
Together with Canada's cooperation and material assistance to ICE, TUSCAN is a prime example of the extent to which Canada is thoroughly integrated into the U.S. security, policing and military agencies and cooperates in a manner which endangers all who live and work in Canada.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and those before him speak in the name of high ideals about human rights, democracy, and freedom. Facilitating secret arrangements to share and provide unproven and unverified "information" for purposes over which it has absolutely no control is an egregious violation of the human rights of all who live and work in Canada.
Canada must stop sharing information about Canadian citizens and residents with the U.S. secret agencies and the notorious Five Eyes. Canada must end the integration of its police, security and military forces with the U.S. ICE and all U.S. "Intelligence" agencies must get out of Canada and Canada must get out of NATO and NORAD.
The
problem does not end with Canada's collusion with the U.S. to violate
the rights of Canadian citizens and residents. In Canada those who
challenge the official line on crucial questions are also targeted.
People who support the Palestinian resistance are accused of
anti-Semitism; those who
oppose Canada's warmongering and participation in NATO and NORAD are
called agents of a foreign power.
No one can find safety under the U.S. Constitution or the rule of law under such arrangements. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms will not make us safe either. Our security lies in the fight for the rights of all, the collective actions and organized resistance of the people. It is the people who are the makers of history!
This article was published in
Volume 56 Number 3 - February 12, 2026
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/TML2026/Articles/T560032.HTM
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