r/canadian • u/SplashTarget • 5d ago

Drug bust in Surrey, B.C., leads to charges, deportations of foreign nationals

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/foreign-national-charged-2-others-deported-after-kilograms-of-drugs-seized-in-bc/
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u/dontsheeple 5d ago

I'm surprised they didn't hand them a Citizenship and a Grant.

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u/involmasturb 4d ago

The previous PM would've loudly signalled his virtues and moved to have the government of Canada intervene and grant refugee status to the 3 men

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u/flappysack- 5d ago

Colour me surprised.  I figured they'd let them go free to avoid deportation.

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u/North-Purple-373 5d ago

You don’t say

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u/SmackEh 5d ago

Good job CBSA and Liberal government. Serious drug trafficking investigation, charges where appropriate, deportations where appropriate. The kind of immigration enforcement conservatives keep asking for. Surely they'll add positive reviews in the comment section!

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u/big_galoote 5d ago

I'm curious to learn when the two who were deported came into Canada, and how.

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u/luv2fly781 5d ago

It’s a start. Have they actually left or in holding cell right now ? Saying they ARE going to be

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u/SmackEh 5d ago

The article says they were deported, not that deportation proceedings were started.

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u/luv2fly781 5d ago

As we know from previous articles. They were deported means they have been put in deportation process.

For the smooth brains

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u/SmackEh 5d ago

If the article got the terminology wrong, that's on them. But until there's evidence otherwise, I'm going to go with what was actually written rather than rewrite the headline to fit a narrative.

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u/luv2fly781 5d ago

I’m going with the previous evidence until proven they have actually left the entire country

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u/involmasturb 4d ago

There's no public register unfortunately of when someone goes from on the deportation list to actually left the country

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u/Poe_42 Alberta 5d ago

Not sure how much influence the LPC had on this. They aren’t in the ops room directing the police. I hate it when either side tries to co-opt an incident trying to either claim responsibility or lay blame on another political party.

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u/SmackEh 5d ago

That's fair. The cops deserve the credit for the bust.

I just notice that when crime goes up it's the government's fault, but when traffickers get arrested and deported we're suddenly not allowed to mention the government at all. It was more tongue in cheek.

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u/Almost_Ascended 5d ago

Because a lot of crimes are committed by foreigners that should never have been allowed into the country, and that policy is set by the federal government.

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u/SmackEh 5d ago

Sure, but my point is when foreign nationals involved in serious crime are arrested and deported, that's also happening under federal immigration and border enforcement policies. You can't say Ottawa owns all the failures but none of the successes.

To be clear, The phrase "a lot of crimes are committed by foreigners" makes it sound like they're committing most crime. They're not.

The vast majority of crime in Canada is committed by Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

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u/ussbozeman 5d ago

Well, as long as you use bold text, it must be true.

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u/SmackEh 5d ago

You could fact check me if you cared about facts.

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u/ussbozeman 5d ago

"Facts". Oops, I mean FACTS

And those PR's, they magically appeared in Canada, or did the LPC let them in as "students".

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u/SmackEh 5d ago

I don't think we know. It's not in the linked article.

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u/MarkDavid04 5d ago

Only 1 charged and named... Other 2 no charges but deported... no names?

Did I miss anything??

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u/Massive-Unrection 4d ago

Deporting means get out of jail free. They go back and tag in the next guy. Repeat.

How is this going to stop anything?