Citizenship And Immigration: Immigration Minister

Human Smuggling Dept: Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews held a news conference Thursday afternoon to announce the bill's reintroduction and said it contains the same measures as C-49 that was tabled in October, according to CBC. He cited the arrivals of the Sun Sea and Ocean Lady ships in 2009 and 2010 that brought hundreds of refugee claimants as evidence that Canada's laws need strengthening in order to deter human-smuggling operations and the federal government hopes to crack down on human smuggling by reintroducing a bill that was criticized by opposition parties last fall. Toews said Canada has one of the most generous refugee and immigration systems in the world and that it has "come under attack by human-smuggling networks." As reported in the news.
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