Public Safety Committee on Nov. 25th, 2025

[The Chair, Liberal, Jean-Yves Duclos]

Thank you, Ms. Rempel Garner.

Bill C‑12 amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The amendment we just heard seeks to change the appointment process for the Immigration and Refugee Board, in particular by making the appointment at pleasure and following an open, merit-based selection process.

In the opinion of the chair, this amendment infringes on the conditions and qualifications of the royal recommendation. Therefore, I rule this amendment out of order.

In addition, the amendment proposes to amend section 153 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which is not amended by Bill C‑12.

Ms. Rempel Garner, you have the floor.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

I challenge your ruling and request a recorded division.

(Ruling of the chair sustained: yeas 5; nays 4)

[The Chair, Liberal, Jean-Yves Duclos]

That brings us to CPC‑33.

Ms. Rempel Garner, you have the floor.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

Thank you, Chair.

I move that Bill C-12 be amended by adding after line 30 on page 32 the following new clause:

75.1 Subsection 157(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(2) The Chairperson must live in Canada.

Colleagues, currently the board chair of the IRB is required simply to live in the national capital region. Our amendment opens it up to ensure that more Canadians from all regions are considered when appointing the board chair.

[The Chair, Liberal, Jean-Yves Duclos]

Thank you, Ms. Rempel Garner.

This amendment proposes to amend section 157 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, a section that is not amended by Bill C‑12 . It is therefore the opinion of the chair that the amendment is out of order.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

I challenge your ruling, Chair, and request a recorded division.

(Ruling of the chair overturned: nays 5; yeas 4)

[The Chair, Liberal, Jean-Yves Duclos]

That brings us to CPC‑33.

Shall this amendment carry?

[Peter Fragiskatos, Liberal, London Centre, ON]

This was the last amendment.

[The Chair, Liberal, Jean-Yves Duclos]

We are now turning to the question of whether CPC-33 should be adopted.

(Amendment agreed to on division)

[The Chair, Liberal, Jean-Yves Duclos]

That brings us to the final motions.

Shall the short title carry?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

On division.

[The Chair, Liberal, Jean-Yves Duclos]

Shall the title carry?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

On division.

[The Chair, Liberal, Jean-Yves Duclos]

Shall the bill as amended carry?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

On division.

[The Chair, Liberal, Jean-Yves Duclos]

Shall the chair report the bill as amended to the House?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

On division.

[The Chair, Liberal, Jean-Yves Duclos]

Shall the committee order a reprint of the bill as amended for the use of the House at report stage?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

On division.

[The Chair, Liberal, Jean-Yves Duclos]

Thank you very much to all the officials and all the teams.

We had another five minutes. That's very unfortunate. We went too quickly.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

May I just say this? I think we did something that resembled work tonight, colleagues. Congratulations.