Immigration And Refugee Protection Act

The Senate Dept: Bill C-31, which passed by 159 to 132, will now move to the Senate, according to CBC. He said the bill's passage is a "long time coming" and that he hopes the Senate will pass it before Parliament breaks for the summer. The bill proposes changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Balanced Refugee Reform Act, which made a series of reforms to the refugee system when it was passed in 2010 and the government's controversial bill that further reforms Canada's refugee system passed a third reading Monday night in the House of Commons. Earlier in the day, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said C-31 is designed to combat human smuggling and to ensure the asylum system is "fast and fair." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.