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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Olivia Bowden in Toronto

Canadian government urged to block Thomson Reuters data deal with US ICE

ICE officers detain a man whose hands are cuffed behind his back
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security. Photograph: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters

A Canadian federal opposition party leader has called on Mark Carney’s government to block the latest data-sharing deal between US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Canadian media company 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 news website reported on the deal.

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