An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in October 2007.

Sponsor

Diane Finley  Conservative

Status

In committee (House), as of June 5, 2007
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament has also written a full legislative summary of the bill.

This enactment amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to allow officers to refuse to authorize foreign nationals to work in Canada in cases where to give authorization would be contrary to public policy considerations that are specified in instructions given by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.

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Elsewhere

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

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Immigration and Refugee Protection ActGovernment Orders

June 5th, 2007 / 5:25 p.m.

Some hon. members

Agreed.

On division.

Immigration and Refugee Protection ActGovernment Orders

June 5th, 2007 / 5:25 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration.

(Motion agreed to, bill read the second time and referred to a committee)