Canadian government urged to block data-sharing deal between Thomson Reuters and US ICE

ICE will pay Canadian media giant US$125m to use its investigative database to identify ‘immigration fraud’ A Canadian federal opposition party leader is calling on the Mark Carney government to block the latest data-sharing deal between US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Canadian media giant Thomson Reuters. Avi Lewis, the federal leader of…

ICE will pay Canadian media giant US$125m to use its investigative database to identify ‘immigration fraud’

A Canadian federal opposition party leader is calling on the Mark Carney government to block the latest data-sharing deal between US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Canadian media giant Thomson Reuters.

Avi Lewis, the federal leader of the New Democratic party (NDP), demanded on Tuesday that Ottawa address the contract and further restrict Canadian corporations from doing business with ICE, after Canada’s National Observer reported on the deal.

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