the ruling was just shit-disturbing activism, and they really had no choice but to appeal it. but, the other side would have appealed the ruling, too.

so, sometimes, when you have judges that know that a case is going up, they will try to frame it in a specific way. and, that's what the ruling was, in truth, about.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-government-appeals-federal-court-ruling-on-canada-u-s-refugee-pact-1.5074058