I don't believe dinosaurs walked the earth with humans...

But there are certainly Neanderthals walking among us today.

 "The integrity of decisions made by my department is being questioned too often without sufficient justification." Jason Kenney on the Federal Court.

Gee, maybe that’s because of this:

   Under the Harper government, acceptance of refugee claims from applicants already in Canada has fallen sharply, from nearly 16,000 in 2006 to just more than 9,000 last year. The number of successful applicants on compassionate and humanitarian grounds, which had been averaging between 10,000 and 11,000 a year, fell to 8,848 in 2010.

And maybe it’s because your party and those who support it  tend to think women ask for the violence they receive.

And maybe the Federal Court, which can really look closely at legal issues and is therefore given authority to override CIC decisions took note of the increasing number of gender-related persecution cases being turned down by Kenney’s department.

(In) 1993, Canada became the first country in the world to establish formal guidelines for refugee claims by women facing gender-related persecution.

Not all countries protect women and children from brutal domestic violence, and in many cases, even when protection laws exist, they aren’t enforced.  Just like the bad old days in Canada when such abuse was considered a private matter.

If Kenney doesn’t want the Federal Court to legally override his decisions, he should really shed his caveman attitudes, examine the laws relating to women, recognize that women all over the world still have to fight - at great risk - for the simple right to safety, and start treating women the same way he would treat his bestest, white, rich, christian buddies.