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Refugee advocates decry new rules for asylum seekers in Canada
Canada is changing the way it processes refugees. The government wants to speed up the process and hear appeals in just fifteen days. Advocate worry that will compromise its fairness. The Link's Lynn Desjardins has more on the new refugee process in Canada and why advocates are worried.
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