This is real — Bill C-12 did receive royal assent and will cancel asylum claims. The Toronto Star reports Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab confirmed roughly 19,000 refugee applications filed between June and October 2025 will be terminated under the bill's ineligibility rules. The headline is accurate but doesn't explain *why* those claims are being cancelled (the article text is partially cut off in the paywalled version provided), so readers miss the policy rationale and whether this applies prospectively, retroactively, or both.