Petition Demands Canada Stop All Exports to U.S. for "Immigration Enforcement"
A petition calling on Canada to revoke permission for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to operate offices on Canadian soil has been opened for signature on the House of Commons website.
Petition e-7146 was initiated by Amadea Morrow, New Westminster, British Columbia, sponsored by NDP MP Heather McPherson.
The petition points out that ICE 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, and that Canadians, including children, have been detained in ICE custody.
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 which oversees ICE, the petition informs. Canada is in violation of its 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.
The petition also points out that Canadian companies have supplied goods, services, technology and security services to ICE or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The petition calls for cancellation of all public funding to Canadian companies contracting with ICE or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and denial or revocation of export permits for armoured vehicles, surveillance technology and other controlled goods destined for ICE.
The petition further calls for Canada to terminate the Safe Third Country Agreement and take the necessary steps to ensure that Canada does not support, enable, or legitimize human rights abuses committed by ICE. Under the Safe Third Countries Agreement refugees must claim refugee status in the first of the two countries (Canada or the U.S.) they arrive in, subject to some exceptions.
The petition is open for signatures from February 6, 2026 to June 6, 2026. The petition can be found here.
This article was published in
Volume 56 Number 3 - February 12, 2026
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/TML2026/Articles/T560033.HTM
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