Bill S-8

An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Status

This bill has received Royal Assent and is, or will soon 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, among other things,
(a) reorganize existing inadmissibility provisions relating to sanctions to establish a distinct ground of inadmissibility based on sanctions;
(b) expand the scope of inadmissibility based on sanctions to include not only sanctions imposed on a country but also those imposed on an entity or a person; and
(c) expand the scope of inadmissibility based on sanctions to include all orders and regulations made under section 4 of the Special Economic Measures Act .
It also makes consequential amendments to the Citizenship Act and the Emergencies Act .
Finally, it amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to, among other things, provide that the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, instead of the Immigration Division, will have the authority to issue a removal order on grounds of inadmissibility based on sanctions under new paragraph 35.1(1)(a) of 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 S-8s:

S-8 (2012) Law Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act
S-8 (2010) Senatorial Selection Act
S-8 (2009) An Act to implement conventions and protocols concluded between Canada and Colombia, Greece and Turkey for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income
S-8 (2004) An Act to amend the Judges Act

Votes

June 19, 2023 Passed Concurrence at report stage of Bill S-8, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
June 19, 2023 Failed Bill S-8, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (report stage amendment)
June 16, 2023 Passed Time allocation for Bill S-8, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
Feb. 13, 2023 Passed 2nd reading of Bill S-8, An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on May 9, 2023

  • Brett Bush, Executive Director, Immigration and Asylum Policy Innovation, Canada Border Services Agency
  • Stephen Burridge, Director, Sanctions Policy and Operations Coordination, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
  • Kelly Acton, Vice-President, Strategic Policy Branch, Canada Border Services Agency
  • Saman Fradette, Director, Migration Control and Horizontal Policy Division, Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on May 11, 2023

Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee, on May 16, 2023

  • Stephen Burridge, Director, Sanctions Policy and Operations Coordination, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
  • Scott Nesbitt, General Counsel, Department of Justice, Legal Services Unit, Canada Border Services Agency
  • Marie-Hélène Sauvé, Legislative Clerk
  • Richard St Marseille, Director General, Immigration Policy and External Review, Canada Border Services Agency