Citizenship and Immigration committee  Chair, I'm asking our counsel, Matthew Oommen, to reply.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Chairperson. This particular provision does have retroactive application for the purposes of the 12-month bar on PRA. The policy intent of that is that if new applications coming into force are subject to the bar on the basis that one can reasonably expect that risk d

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Chair. The intent of the amendment is to provide that designated countries of origin not be eligible for a subsequent PRRA risk decision for 36 months following their last risk decision. Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The intent of the amendment is that for the five years between which one is a protected person until the time they can apply for permanent residency, there'll be a requirement that they periodically report to an officer. That period will be established in regulations as one year.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The intent of the report is mainly to determine that they are still at the address they filed when they received their protected person status. So it's in part just to keep track of their whereabouts in Canada, and that they have continued to reside at the address they have regis

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The person is a protected person in Canada with status, and there will be a requirement that they report at the one-year interval.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Other protected persons would not be covered by the reporting requirement.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm actually going to ask Scott Nesbitt to come in on the difference between the “may” and the “shall” and what impact that has.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll ask Mr. Kagedan from Public Safety to respond.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, I would ask Nicole Lefebvre from CBSA to answer the question.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would ask Scott Nesbitt to respond.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll refer that to our legal counsel, Matthew Oommen.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As cessation criteria, it's recognized that if you have acquired your permanent residency through the refugee determination system, and you have since acquired another nationality, that is a recognized ground for cessation under UN conventions. That's reflected in Canadian legisl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Chairperson. Yes, I confirm that the effect of this amendment is to ensure that if you have lost your protected person status as a PR as a result of changed country circumstances, then you would not be made inadmissible after your PR status has been revoked. Thank yo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairperson. I believe this one was inadvertently presented along with the last technical amendment. For clarification, it makes it clear in legislation that it's the last risk decision that provokes the bar on H and C. That could be either the RPD for DCO claiman