Jason Kenney Dept: At a news conference in Ottawa Thursday, Kenney said the prospects for the amended legislation, Bill C-11, being passed before July 1 are "very good.", according to CBC. Opposition parties had expressed concern over the government's desire to limit the number of refugee applicants from designated "safe countries" and demanded that rejected applicants have universal access to an appeal and immigration Minister Jason Kenney is hailing a "win-win" deal with opposition parties on revised legislation to reform Canada's refugee system. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney speaks to reporters in Ottawa on Thursday. Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press Kenney singled out NDP immigration critic Olivia Chow and the Bloc Qu b cois's immigration critic, Thierry St-Cyr, for their "remarkable diligence" working with the government to revise the bill, which seeks to limit the number of fraudulent applications and reduce the massive backlog in Canada's refugee system. As
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