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Bill C-242 (Historical)

Reuniting Families Act

An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (temporary resident visas for parents and grandparents)

This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in January 2025.

Sponsor

Kyle Seeback  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill.

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to allow a parent or grandparent who applies for a temporary resident visa as a visitor to purchase private health insurance outside Canada and to stay in Canada for a period of five years.
It also requires the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to prepare and table a report in respect of a reduction to the minimum income requirement that the child or grandchild must meet in order for the visiting parent or grandparent to be able to enter and remain in Canada for an extended period.

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-242s:

C-242 (2020) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness, injury or quarantine)
C-242 (2020) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (illness, injury or quarantine)
C-242 (2016) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (inflicting torture)
C-242 (2013) An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act (increase of allowance for survivors and children)

Votes

Oct. 26, 2022 Passed 3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-242, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (temporary resident visas for parents and grandparents)
May 4, 2022 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-242, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (temporary resident visas for parents and grandparents)

Citizenship and Immigration Committee, on May 17, 2022

Citizenship and Immigration Committee, on May 31, 2022

  • Dima Amad, Executive Director, Arab Community Centre of Toronto
  • Vance P. E. Langford, Director, Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association
  • Richard Kurland, Lawyer and Policy Analyst, Lexbase
  • Rasha Salman, Programs Development Lead, Arab Community Centre of Toronto
  • Michèle Kingsley, Director General, Immigration, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
  • Ben Mitchell, Counsel, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
  • James Seyler, Director, Immigration Program Guidance, Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Citizenship and Immigration Committee, on June 7, 2022

  • Howard Ramos, Professor, Chair of the Department of Sociology, Western University, As an Individual
  • Arthur Sweetman, Professor, McMaster University, As an Individual
  • Ravi Jain, Steering Committee Member, Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association
  • Saeeq Shajjan, Founder and Lawyer, Shajjan & Associates
  • Kyle Hyndman, Chair, Immigration Law Section, The Canadian Bar Association

Citizenship and Immigration Committee, on June 9, 2022