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Bill C-316

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SUMMARY

If a person is convicted of an offence punishable by 10 or more years imprisonment and is or is seeking permission to remain in Canada but is not yet a citizen, the court may, on application by the prosecution, order, in addition to any other sentence, that the person and anyone dependent on the person be removed from Canada. Such an order discontinues any other process, procedure or appeal under the Immigration Act and any other right to parole or other early or temporary release.

This does not apply to a person who arrived in Canada before reaching 16 years of age and who has been free of criminal convictions for the 5 previous years.

The bill also provides for the removal of foreign offenders to host countries willing to accept them by court order, if the countries have similar conditional release laws to those in Canada.

Again, this does not apply to an offender who arrived in Canada before reaching 16 years of age and who has been free of criminal convictions for the 5 previous years.