Bill C-31

DIVISION 2

EXAMINATION

(a) whether a person, on entering Canada, is a Canadian citizen within the meaning of the Citizenship Act or a person registered as an Indian under the Indian Act;

(b) whether a foreign national

(i) on entering Canada, has permanent resident status, and

(ii) at any time, is inadmissible;

(c) whether a foreign national other than a permanent resident

(i) prior to entering Canada, met the requirements of this Act or the selection criteria that are applicable to the foreign national,

(ii) on entering Canada, possesses the visa or other documents required under this Act, and

(iii) at any time, is inadmissible; and

(d) whether a sponsor meets the sponsorship requirements of this Act.

DIVISION 3

ENTERING AND REMAINING IN CANADA

(a) applications to enter and remain in Canada and their approval or refusal;

(b) re-entry to Canada;

(c) the circumstances in which all or part of the considerations referred to in sections 21 and 22 may apply;

(d) conditions that a designated officer may, or is required to, impose, individually or by class, with respect to entering and remaining in Canada; and

(e) deposits or guarantees of the performance of obligations under this Act that are to be given to the Minister.

(a) accompanying a Canadian citizen who is their spouse or common-law partner or, in the case of a minor child, their parent;

(b) employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the public service of Canada or of a province; or

(c) accompanying a permanent resident who is their spouse or common-law partner or, in the case of a minor child, their parent and who is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business or in the public service of Canada or of a province.

(a) a document referred to in subsection (1) is proof of status so long as it is valid; and

(b) a foreign national who is outside Canada and who does not present a valid document proving status is presumed not to be a permanent resident or a temporary resident.

(a) classes of temporary residents, such as those for students and workers;

(b) selection criteria for each class of foreign national and for their dependants, and the procedures for evaluating all or some of those criteria;

(c) anything referred to in paragraph (b) for which a decision or recommendation may or shall be made to the Minister by a designated person, institution or organization;

(d) the conditions that must or may be imposed, individually or by class, including conditions that may be attached to authorizations to study or work in Canada;

(e) physical presence in Canada, the circumstances in which a foreign national is deemed to be physically present and the means of calculating periods of physical presence; and

(f) the circumstances in which proof of status may or shall be issued, renewed or revoked.

DIVISION 4

INADMISSIBILITY

(a) engaging in espionage or an act of subversion against a democratic government, institution or process as they are understood in Canada;

(b) engaging in or instigating the subversion by force of any government;

(c) engaging in terrorism;

(d) being a danger to the security of Canada;

(e) engaging in acts of violence that would or might endanger the lives or safety of persons in Canada; or

(f) being a member of an organization that there are reasonable grounds to believe engages, has engaged or will engage in acts referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

(a) committing an act outside Canada that constitutes a war crime or a crime against humanity within the meaning of subsection 7(3.76) of the Criminal Code that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an offence against the laws of Canada in force at the time of the act;

(b) being a prescribed senior official in the service of a government that, in the opinion of the Minister, engages or has engaged in terrorism, systematic or gross human rights violations or war crimes or crimes against humanity within the meaning of subsection 7(3.76) of the Criminal Code; or

(c) being a representative of a government against which Canada has imposed or has agreed to impose sanctions in association with the international community.

(a) having been convicted in Canada of an offence under an Act of Parliament that may be punished by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years or of an offence under an Act of Parliament for which a term of imprisonment of more than six months has been imposed;

(b) having been convicted of an offence outside Canada that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an offence under an Act of Parliament that may be punished by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years; or

(c) committing an act outside Canada that is an offence in the place where it was committed and that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an offence under an Act of Parliament that may be punished by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years.

(a) having been convicted in Canada of an offence under an Act of Parliament that may be punished by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years and for which a sentence of at least two years was imposed; or

(b) having been convicted of an offence outside Canada that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an offence under an Act of Parliament that may be punished by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years.

(a) having been convicted in Canada of an offence under an Act of Parliament that may be punished by way of indictment, or of two offences under an Act of Parliament not arising out of a single occurrence;

(b) having been convicted outside Canada

(i) of an offence that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an indictable offence under an Act of Parliament, or

(ii) of two offences not arising out of a single occurrence that, if committed in Canada, would constitute offences under an Act of Parliament;