Public service union calls for better air quality testing over asbestos concerns at federal office building

On December 13, 1991, the Canadian government ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This pledge states: “In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.” However, through its treatment of Canadian-born children of failed refugees, Canada has been violating this pledge for years. Since 2020, I’ve helped prepare over a hundred applications for failed refugees to prevent their...