Bill C-11

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Further reviews	(2) The permanent resident must, until a determination is made under subsection 80(1), be brought back before a judge at least once in the six-month period following each preceding review and at any other times that the judge may authorize.
Order for continuation	(3) A judge shall order the detention to be continued if satisfied that the permanent resident continues to be a danger to national security or to the safety of any person, or is unlikely to appear at a proceeding or for removal.
Release	84. (1) The Minister may, on application by a permanent resident or a foreign national, order their release from detention to permit their departure from Canada.
Judicial release	(2) A judge may, on application by a foreign national who has not been removed from Canada within 120 days after the Federal Court determines a certificate to be reasonable, order the foreign national's release from detention, under terms and conditions that the judge considers appropriate, if satisfied that the foreign national will not be removed from Canada within a reasonable time and that the release will not pose a danger to national security or to the safety of any person.
Inconsistency	85. In the case of an inconsistency between sections 82 to 84 and the provisions of Division 6, sections 82 to 84 prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
	Consideration During an Admissibility Hearing or an Immigration Appeal
Application for non-disclosur e - Immigration Appeal Division	86. (1) The Minister may, during an admissibility hearing, a detention review or an appeal before the Immigration Appeal Division, make an application for non-disclosure of information.
Procedure	(2) Section 78 applies to the determination of the application, with any modifications that the circumstances require, including that a reference to ``judge'' be read as a reference to the applicable Division of the Board.
	Consideration During Judicial Review
Application for non-disclosur e - Court	87. (1) The Minister may, in the course of a judicial review, make an application to the judge for the non-disclosure of any information with respect to information protected under subsection 86(1) or information considered under section 11, 112 or 115.
Procedure	(2) Section 78, except for the provisions relating to the obligation to provide a summary and the time limit referred to in paragraph 78(d), applies to the determination of the application, with any modifications that the circumstances require.
	DIVISION 10
	GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Loans
Loans	88. (1) The Minister of Finance may, from time to time, advance to the Minister out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, up to the maximum amount that is prescribed, sums that the Minister may require in order to make loans for the purposes of this Act.
Regulations	(2) The regulations may provide for any matter relating to the application of this section, and may include provisions respecting classes of persons to whom, and the purposes for which, the loans may be made.
	Fees
Regulations	89. The regulations may govern fees for services provided in the administration of this Act, and cases in which fees may be waived by the Minister or otherwise, individually or by class.
	Social Insurance Number Cards
Minister directs special cards to be issued	90. The Minister may direct the Canada Employment Insurance Commission to issue to persons, other than Canadian citizens or permanent residents, Social Insurance Number Cards, by which the holders of such cards are identified as persons who may be required under this Act to obtain authorization to work in Canada.
	Representation
Regulations	91. The regulations may govern who may or may not represent, advise or consult with a person who is the subject of a proceeding or application before the Minister, an officer or the Board.
	Material Incorporated in Regulations
Incorporated material	92. (1) A regulation may incorporate by reference the following material:
	(a) material produced by a person or body other than the Governor in Council;
	(b) material referred to in paragraph (a) that has been subsequently adapted or edited in order to facilitate its incorporation for the purposes of the regulation;
	(c) material that has been developed jointly with another government or government agency for the purpose of harmonizing the regulation with other laws; and
	(d) material that is technical or explanatory in nature, such as specifications, classifications, illustrations or graphs, as well as examples that may assist in the application of the regulation.
Amended from time to time	(2) Material may be incorporated by reference on a specified date or as amended from time to time.
Incorporated material is not a regulation	(3) For greater certainty, material that is incorporated by reference in a regulation made under this Act is not a regulation for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act.
Statutory Instruments Act	93. Instructions given by the Minister under this Act and guidelines issued by the Chairperson under paragraph 159(1)(h) are not statutory instruments for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act.
	Report to Parliament
Annual report to Parliament	94. (1) The Minister must, on or before November 1 of each year or, if a House of Parliament is not then sitting, within the next 30 days on which that House is sitting after that date, table in each House of Parliament a report on the operation of this Act in the preceding calendar year.
Contents of report	(2) The report shall include a description of
	(a) the activities and initiatives taken concerning the selection of foreign nationals, including measures taken in cooperation with the provinces;
	(b) in respect of Canada, the number of foreign nationals who became permanent residents, and the number projected to become permanent residents in the following year;
	(b.1) in respect of Canada, the linguistic profile of foreign nationals who became permanent residents;
	(c) in respect of each province that has entered into a federal-provincial agreement described in subsection 9(1), the number, for each class listed in the agreement, of persons that became permanent residents and that the province projects will become permanent residents there in the following year;
	(d) the number of temporary resident permits issued under section 24, categorized according to grounds of inadmissibility, if any;
	(e) the number of persons granted permanent resident status under subsection 25(1); and
	(f) a gender-based analysis of the impact of this Act.
	PART 2
	REFUGEE PROTECTION
	DIVISION 1
	REFUGEE PROTECTION, CONVENTION REFUGEES AND PERSONS IN NEED OF PROTECTION
Conferral of refugee protection	95. (1) Refugee protection is conferred on a person when
	(a) the person has been determined to be a Convention refugee or a person in similar circumstances under a visa application and becomes a permanent resident under the visa or a temporary resident under a temporary resident permit for protection reasons;
	(b) the Board determines the person to be a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection; or
	(c) except in the case of a person described in subsection 112(3), the Minister allows an application for protection.
Protected person	(2) A protected person is a person on whom refugee protection is conferred under subsection (1), and whose claim or application has not subsequently been deemed to be rejected under subsection 108(3), 109(3) or 114(4).
Convention refugee	96. A Convention refugee is a person who, by reason of a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion,
	(a) is outside each of their countries of nationality and is unable or, by reason of that fear, unwilling to avail themself of the protection of each of those countries; or
	(b) not having a country of nationality, is outside the country of their former habitual residence and is unable or, by reason of that fear, unwilling to return to that country.
Person in need of protection	97. (1) A person in need of protection is a person in Canada whose removal to their country or countries of nationality or, if they do not have a country of nationality, their country of former habitual residence, would subject them personally
	(a) to a danger, believed on substantial grounds to exist, of torture within the meaning of Article 1 of the Convention Against Torture; or
	(b) to a risk to their life or to a risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment if
	(i) the person is unable or, because of that risk, unwilling to avail themself of the protection of that country,
	(ii) the risk would be faced by the person in every part of that country and is not faced generally by other individuals in or from that country,
	(iii) the risk is not inherent or incidental to lawful sanctions, unless imposed in disregard of accepted international standards, and
	(iv) the risk is not caused by the inability of that country to provide adequate health or medical care.
Person in need of protection	(2) A person in Canada who is a member of a class of persons prescribed by the regulations as being in need of protection is also a person in need of protection.
Exclusion - Refugee Convention	98. A person referred to in section E or F of Article 1 of the Refugee Convention is not a Convention refugee or a person in need of protection.
	DIVISION 2
	CONVENTION REFUGEES AND PERSONS IN NEED OF PROTECTION
	Claim for Refugee Protection
Claim	99. (1) A claim for refugee protection may be made in or outside Canada.
Claim outside Canada	(2) A claim for refugee protection made by a person outside Canada must be made by making an application for a visa as a Convention refugee or a person in similar circumstances, and is governed by Part 1.
Claim inside Canada	(3) A claim for refugee protection made by a person inside Canada must be made to an officer, may not be made by a person who is subject to a removal order, and is governed by this Part.
Permanent resident	(4) An application to become a permanent resident made by a protected person is governed by Part 1.
	Examination of Eligibility to Refer Claim
Referral to Refugee Protection Division	100. (1) An officer shall, within three working days after receipt of a claim referred to in subsection 99(3), determine whether the claim is eligible to be referred to the Refugee Protection Division and, if it is eligible, shall refer the claim in accordance with the rules of the Board.
Decision	(2) The officer shall suspend consideration of the eligibility of the person's claim if
	(a) a report has been referred for a determination, at an admissibility hearing, of whether the person is inadmissible on grounds of security, violating human or international rights, serious criminality or organized criminality; or
	(b) the officer considers it necessary to wait for a decision of a court with respect to a claimant who is charged with an offence under an Act of Parliament that is punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years.
Considera- tion of claim	(3) The Refugee Protection Division may not consider a claim until it is referred by the officer. If the claim is not referred within the three-day period referred to in subsection (1), it is deemed to be referred, unless there is a suspension or it is determined to be ineligible.
Duty of claimant	(4) The burden of proving that a claim is eligible to be referred to the Refugee Protection Division rests on the claimant, who must answer truthfully all questions put to them. If the claim is referred, the claimant must produce all documents and information as required by the rules of the Board.
Ineligibility	101. (1) A claim is ineligible to be referred to the Refugee Protection Division if
	(a) refugee protection has been conferred on the claimant under this Act;
	(b) a claim for refugee protection by the claimant has been rejected by the Board;
	(c) a prior claim by the claimant was determined to be ineligible to be referred to the Refugee Protection Division, or to have been withdrawn or abandoned;
	(d) the claimant has been recognized as a Convention refugee by a country other than Canada and can be sent or returned to that country;
	(e) the claimant came directly or indirectly to Canada from a country designated by the regulations, other than a country of their nationality or their former habitual residence; or
	(f) the claimant has been determined to be inadmissible on grounds of security, violating human or international rights, serious criminality or organized criminality, except for persons who are inadmissible solely on the grounds of paragraph 35(1)(c).
Serious criminality	(2) A claim is not ineligible by reason of serious criminality under paragraph (1)(f) unless
	(a) in the case of inadmissibility by reason of a conviction in Canada, the conviction is for an offence under an Act of Parliament punishable 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) in the case of inadmissibility by reason of a conviction outside Canada, the Minister is of the opinion that the person is a danger to the public in Canada and the conviction is for an offence that, if committed in Canada, would constitute an offence under an Act of Parliament that is punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years.
Regulations	102. (1) The regulations may govern matters relating to the application of sections 100 and 101, may, for the purposes of this Act, define the terms used in those sections and, for the purpose of sharing responsibility with governments of foreign states for the consideration of refugee claims, may include provisions
	(a) designating countries that comply with Article 33 of the Refugee Convention and Article 3 of the Convention Against Torture;
	(b) making a list of those countries and amending it as necessary; and
	(c) respecting the circumstances and criteria for the application of paragraph 101(1)(e).
Factors	(2) The following factors are to be considered in designating a country under paragraph (1)(a):