Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's even a bit more nuanced than that. When a foreign national arrives in Canada, he can apply for humanitarian and compassionate consideration under this bill, and that application has to be considered by the minister. Once the foreign national tries to enter into the refugee

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. I'm happy to speak to this. This is a technical clarification. It's meant to provide the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration with clarity as to when he has an obligation to decide a humanitarian and compassionate application. In the case of foreign nationals, the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On the first part, it changes nothing, but it's a clarification. Under paragraph (b), the words “the Refugee Appeal Division” have been added to clarify that a person may not access the humanitarian and compassionate process until that division has finally determined the appeal a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. The answer is no, because the claim is still technically pending before the Refugee Appeal Division of the IRB. When it is concluded there, that's when the application could proceed. It's when the 12-month legislative prohibition commences. It doesn't commence at the end

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You can file, but the minister does not have an obligation to consider the application.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's the structure of the act.