#Quebec

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The closure of the Roxham Road crossing at the Canada-U.S. border was “rushed” and will only further endanger the lives of asylum seekers, immigration advocates say.

The border rule change went into effect at 12:01 a.m. Eastern on Saturday, closing the small and unofficial crossing separating Quebec and New York, where tens of thousands of asylum seekers have entered Canada irregularly in the past few years.

The deal was announced just hours earlier on Friday during U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Ottawa and was was described as a “supplement” to the 2004 treaty known as the Safe Third Country Agreement.

Under the treaty, both Canada and the U.S. recognize each other as “safe” countries for asylum claimants, meaning individuals must make their claim at the first official border crossing they come to in either country. But that only applies to official crossing points, and crossing at unofficial points has become a popular loophole over recent years. [...]

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[deadmotelsusa]

Motel Chalet Suisse of St-Romuald, Quebec, pictured in the 1960s, 2009 and 2022. Demolished and replaced by a new development. 

[farmercaps]

[phiasaban]

anthony bourdain: parts unknown episode 4 - québec

[kafkasapartment]

Les escaliers contre rue Lavigueur et rue Arago Est Québec, 1962.

John Caruthers Little.

Oil on Canvas.

[retropopcult]

The Hostess of the Kaleidoscope at Expo 67.

[fannyrosie]

My parents decided to go on a cemetery mission to find their ancestors, and since I have good a vision sense, I came with them. We visited several cemeteries, from different villages, but we couldn't find most of the ancestors we were looking for, mainly because older tombstones get removed with time.

Outfit Dress: second-hand Innocent World Cardigan: second-hand Axes Femme Bag: second-hand Jean Paul Gaultier Coat: second-hand Mary Magdalene Boots: old Cobb Hill Tights: Heattech by Uniqlo Hat: vintage (I wore it as a child) Booches: Fuwari and Pepfox

[alessandro-accebbi]

QUEBEC City, Canada 🇨🇦 by Kate Sears

[escapismsworld]

Notre-Dame Basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The interior of the church is amongst the most dramatic in the world and regarded as a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture. Architect François Baillairgé designed the interior decoration and choir 1785-95; facade and vault decoration, 1818.

[bobdylan-n-jonimitchell]

Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, The Rolling Thunder Revue—Montreal Stables, Montreal, QC, Canada, December 1975 © Ken Regan.

[keepingitneutral]

Chalet A, Lake Memphremagog, Magog, Quebec, Canada,

Matière Première Architecture,

Ian Balmorel Photographs

[allthecanadianpolitics]

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - About a dozen asylum seekers hoping to start a new life in Canada saw their plans hit a snag on Saturday afternoon when they learned an unofficial crossing between the Canadian and U.S. border no longer offered the safe passage they'd come to expect.

An expansion to the 2004 treaty known as the Safe Third Country Agreement took effect while they were en route to the Roxham Road crossing from New York to Quebec, making it illegal to claim refugee status at the entry point where thousands had previously succeeded.

The new rules kicked in Saturday morning, stunning newcomers as they disembarked from a bus that brought them to Plattsburgh, N.Y. only to learn of the change from assembled media. [...]

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[catfindr]

[suburbanscrimshaw]

[el-shab-hussein]

Montreal spending an unforseen extra billion of taxpaying $ on a f*cking tunnel refurbishing? Stinks like another Commission Charbonneau. Did we forget about that scandal? That the mafia has their hands in 80% of the construction contracts in Montreal and they make millions on every deal? That construction contracts in Montreal are the highest in the country by an egregious amount?

Let's not forget what we're dealing with here:

[asmeesh]

Stars were showing off again