Bill C-4 · 41th Parliament · Stephen Harper
Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act and the Marine Transportation Security Act
Government bill. Died when Parliament ended.
- IntroducedJune 16, 2011
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- Stephen HarperPrime Minister
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What it set out to do
On 16 June 2011, the Minister of Public Safety introduced Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act and the Marine Transportation Security Act (Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada’s Immigration System Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. Bill C-4 amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Among other things it • authorizes the Minister to designate as an irregular arrival the arrival in Canada of a group of persons, the result of which is that some of the foreign nationals in the group become designated foreign nationals; • authorizes an officer or the Minister to refuse to consider an application for permanent residence; • provides that a person may not become a permanent resident as long as an application by the Minister for cessation of that person’s refugee protection is pending; • adds, as grounds for the detention of a permanent resident or foreign national, the existence of reasonable grounds to suspect that the person concerned is inadmissible on grounds of serious criminality, criminality or organized criminality; • provides that the Immigration Division must impose any …
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