Does a voluntary contribution of cash and goods to an organization listed as a โterrorist entityโ pursuant to the Criminal Code, without other acts or indicia of membership, constitute reasonable grounds to believe that the donor has engaged in terrorist acts or is a member of a terrorist organization so as to make the donor inadmissible on security grounds under s. 34(1)(c) or (f) of IRPA?
๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ ๐ท. ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข (๐๐๐๐๐) 2010 ๐๐ 957
The relevant provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act read as follows:
๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ 34 ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ต
(1) A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on security grounds forโฆ
(c) engaging in terrorism;โฆ
(f) being a member of an organization that there are reasonable grounds to believe engages, has engaged or will engage in acts referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
Previously, the matters referred above did not constitute inadmissibility where a permanent resident or a foreign national satisfies the Minister that their presence in Canada would not be detrimental to the national interest.
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