C-4 , 41st Parliament, 1st session Thursday, June 2, 2011, to Friday, September 13, 2013
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Balanced Refugee Reform Act and the Marine Transportation Security Act
Short title:
Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act
Summary
Current status
At second reading in the House of Commons
Latest activity
Debate at second reading on Monday, October 3, 2011 (House of Commons)
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Thursday, June 16, 2011
Chamber sittings
Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
Chamber sittings
Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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Monday, September 19, 2011 |
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 |
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Friday, September 23, 2011 |
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Friday, September 30, 2011 |
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Monday, October 3, 2011 |
Consideration in committee
Not reached
Report stage
Not reached
Third reading
Not reached
First reading
Not reached
Second reading
Not reached
Third reading
Not reached
Details
Recorded votes
House of Commons
There are currently no recorded votes for this bill.
Senate
To view the complete list of standing votes that have taken place in the Senate, please refer to the Votes page of the Senate of Canada website.Speaker's rulings and statements
There are currently no Speaker's rulings and statements.
Major speeches at second reading
House of Commons
Speech date | Speech | Member of Parliament |
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 12) | Vic Toews (Conservative) |
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 | Response speech(Sitting 12) | Olivia Chow (NDP) |
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 | Response speech(Sitting 12) | Francis Scarpaleggia (Liberal) |
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Further reading
Australian asylum policy all at sea : an analysis of "Plaintiff M70/2011 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship" and the Australia-Malaysia Arrangement.
Wood, Tamara.
International and comparative law quarterly, 61:274-300
Developments in Australian refugee law and policy 2010–2011 [electronic resource ].
Karlsen, Elibritt.
Commonwealth of Australia, 1 PDF file (39 p.)
Governing mobility and rights to movement post-9/11 : managing irregular and refugee migration through detention.
Rygiel, Kim.
Review of constitutional studies, 16(2):211-41
Insecure refugees : the narrowing of asylum-seeker rights to freedom of movement and claims determination post-9/11 in Canada.
MacIntosh, Constance.
Review of constitutional studies, 16(2):181-209
Reform of [Australian] ministerial councils [Blog post] [electronic resource].
Lundie, Rob.
[Canberra] : Commonwealth of Australia