tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post2475663241008761955..comments2024-03-29T07:10:56.925-06:00Comments on Mysteries and More from Saskatchewan: An Ending for The Boat People by Sharon BalaBill Selneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-47894964972471049862019-07-30T21:51:34.811-06:002019-07-30T21:51:34.811-06:00Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. I like our syste...Kathy D.: Thanks for the comment. I like our system better than America but we are subject to arbitrary decisions by adjudicators. With too many cases for the adjudicators it is inevitable there will be decisions that hastily done.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-25751852514365165442019-07-29T23:43:41.162-06:002019-07-29T23:43:41.162-06:00Oh, what a good decision. I have not read the book...Oh, what a good decision. I have not read the book, but you lay out the essence of each side's arguments. As someone who supports refugees and migrants who are attempting to enter the U.S. Southern border and facing detention, deportation and family separation, I hardly need convincing that these two characters should be allowed to remain in Canada.<br />I wish this legal system was this fair. The conditions of detention near the border for im/migrants here are horrific, and the separation of families and abusive treatment of detained children makes any sympathetic person here just heartsick every day.<br />My grandparents fled anti-Jewish pogroms in the Pale of Russia in 1907. They fled and came to the U.S. Later on, prior to WWII and during it, Jewish immigration was very restricted, sending many people to sure deaths.<br />I will always support refugees and unity of families. So many families were separated during WWII and before that, during the hundreds of years of slavery and taking of Indigenous children.<br />So I don't need convincing. Your decision should be emulated here in real courts. Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-40013003412171787122019-07-25T21:28:13.676-06:002019-07-25T21:28:13.676-06:00Margot: Thanks for the comment. Such hearings are ...Margot: Thanks for the comment. Such hearings are emotional. I tried as adjudicators try to make an objective decision. I do not envy real life adjudicators.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1644690488802388716.post-13812821171973095632019-07-25T17:20:22.391-06:002019-07-25T17:20:22.391-06:00What a detailed, thoughtful discussion, Bill. And ...What a detailed, thoughtful discussion, Bill. And thanks for sharing your legal expertise in this decision. You make strong points here, and it's clear how you arrived at your decision. There's so much to think about when it comes to these questions of who should be admitted as a refugee, and who should not. I think it must be wrenching in real life to be the one to make those decisions.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.com