Explaining the Conservative’s proposed refugee bill

Online cheers from progressive refugee activists rippled across Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday, May 9. On that day, Jason Kenney, the minister for citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism, announced that a few of the most "controversial" components of his new refugee omnibus bill—such as the proposition that refugees over the age of 16 who arrive in a group would be detained for up to a year without any sort of appeal—would be replaced from the sure-to-be-passed legislation with something a little less draconian.