Bill S-215 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

This bill is from the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2021.

Status

Dead, as of June 3, 2021
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Citizenship Act to provide citizenship for certain persons when they transition out of the care of a child welfare agency or foster parent. It also amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to provide that, in certain circumstances, a removal order cannot be enforced against a person who was not a citizen when they transitioned out of such care.

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.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other S-215s:

S-215 (2021) Post-Secondary Institutions Bankruptcy Protection Act

S-215 (2020) An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (farming exemptions)

S-215 (2015) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing for violent offences against Aboriginal women)

S-215 (2014) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (election expenses)

S-215 (2012) An Act to amend the Payment Card Networks Act (credit card acceptance fees)

S-215 (2010) Law An Act to amend the Criminal Code (suicide bombings)