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

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

Status

Second reading (House), as of Oct. 23, 2024
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Citizenship Act to provide a path to citizenship for certain persons who were not citizens when they transitioned out of the care of a child welfare agency or foster parent. It also amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to provide that a removal order cannot be enforced against such a person who is applying for citizenship until a final decision is made on their application.

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 S-235s:

S-235 (2021) Véronique Barbe Act
S-235 (2016) Prohibiting Investments in Cluster Munitions Act
S-235 (2009) Governance of Canadian Businesses Emergency Act, 2009
S-235 (2008) Anti-Spam Act

Message from the SenateOrders of the Day

October 3rd, 2024 / 5:30 p.m.


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The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Alexandra Mendès) Alexandra Mendes

I have the honour to inform the House that a message has been received from the Senate informing this House that the Senate has passed the following bill, to which the concurrence of the House is desired: Bill S-235, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.