Bill C-237 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 3rd session, which ended in May 2004.

Sponsor

Gary Lunn  Canadian Alliance

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Feb. 2, 2004
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-315 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (deportation of refugee claimants)
C-237 (37th Parliament, 2nd session) An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-237s:

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C-237 (2016) Candidate Gender Equity Act

Immigration and Refugee Protection ActRoutine Proceedings

October 23rd, 2002 / 3:40 p.m.


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Canadian Alliance

Gary Lunn Canadian Alliance Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-237, an act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce my private member's bill designed to bring some simple but long-needed reforms to our immigration system with respect to refugees.

Currently the senior immigration officers' standards call for them to review each file. However, the SIOs' findings are not binding and all claimants go through a regular process regardless of the legitimacy of their claims. This can take anywhere from two to five years. My bill simply would give the senior immigration officers the authority to determine if a refugee has made a prima facie case. If not, they would be sent home rather quickly.

Canada has been a place of safety for refugees in the past and must remain so. My bill seeks to fulfill a need for SIOs to speedily remove obvious abusers of the system while still providing for genuine refugees that need our help.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)