This amendment is related to CPC-4, which would change the definition of criminal inadmissibility in IRPA. It would add an ineligibility ground to section 101(1) of IRPA, so that claimants who have been found guilty of an offence that is grounds for serious crime under 36.1 would be ineligible to have their claim referred to the IRB.
This is redundant, because IRPA already establishes that a claim is ineligible to be referred to the IRB if the claimant has been determined to be inadmissible on grounds of serious.... I'm sorry; I'm going too fast. Let me go back. This is a redundant amendment. The act already establishes that a claim is ineligible to be referred to the Immigration and Refugee Board if the claimant has been determined to be inadmissible on grounds of serious criminality per paragraph 101(1)(f).
I would also add that, as a result of the proposed changes to the definition of serious criminality in CPC-4, this proposed ineligibility would potentially deny protected person status to vulnerable individuals by preventing claims from being referred to the IRB due to relatively minor crimes.