[MLJ Shorts] Expansion and Expulsion: Legal Challenges to the Safe Third Country Agreement

In this episode, we unpack the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement and the 2023 Supreme Court of Canada decision Canadian Council for Refugees v. Canada which unanimously upheld its constitutionality.

Our guest, Audrey Macklin, Professor and Rebecca Cook Chair at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, delves into the history, consequences, and supposed “safety valves” of the agreement.