In this episode, our hosts are joined (again) by Connie Campbell (she/her) of Edelmann and Co. — to discuss s.35(1)(b) of the IRPA – which renders inadmissible any person who is “a prescribed senior official in the service of a government that, in the opinion of the Minister, engages or has engaged in terrorism, systematic or gross human rights violations, or genocide, a war crime or a crime against humanity within the meaning of subsections 6(3) to (5) of the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act“. While it may sound straight-forward enough, and not particularly controversial, our discussion covers how over-breadth in application renders inadmissible those with no actual substantive connection to Human or International Rights violations. Our conversation takes this to consideration of whether this is consistent with the approach taken by the Supreme Court of Canada in Mason v. Canada 2023 SCC 21 in respect of section 34 (the security provisions) of the IRPA.