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M-12 Refugee and immigration policies

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Motion Text

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should work to reform and strengthen our citizenship, immigration and refugee regime, and that such reforms should: (a) rescind the ability of the Minister to revoke Canadian citizenship; (b) rescind provisions of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that force refugees arriving by boat into detention for a year; (c) restore citizenship to Lost Canadians; (d) task Canada’s embassies with aggressively acting for Canadians abroad in trouble, including those who are on death row; (e) repeal the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act; (f) create a predictable path to citizenship for permanent residents; (g) create a sponsor-friendly refugee support process; (h) prioritize family reunification in immigration and refugee processing; (i) restore health, housing, language and other supports to refugee claimants; (j) end the security certificate regime, as unconstitutional; (k) appoint more members to the Immigration and Refugee Board to deal with the backlog; (l) end the Temporary Foreign Worker Program; (m) end conditional permanent residence that runs the risk of trapping spouses in abusive relationships; and (n) redesign the live-in caregiver program to provide safe and dignified working conditions and provide those seeking citizenship and family reunification with a fair and consistent process.


Latest Activity

Monday, December 7, 2015
Placed on Notice

History

Monday, December 7, 2015
Placed on Notice