As the population of the earth continues to grow and broadband internet connection becomes more pervasive, it will be increasingly difficult to contain people within national boundaries.  The difficulty is compounded by our gormless politicians who are incapable of summoning up the integrity and fortitude to deal with the reality in a forthright manner.

Principal amongst the difficulties are the UN Convention on Refugees (to which Canada is a signatory) and the Singh decision of our SCC.  The combined effect of them is that any person who manages even to get a grip with one little fingernail on one rock of our shoreline is entitled to everything that Canada has, including interminable legal process.

We can disconnect from the UN Convention and still remain generous and compassionate toward legitimate refugees and, before anyone objects that the legal process is meant to determine who is "legitimate", we can define the limits of that and the Singh decision using Section 33.