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Jason Kenney: Visitors To Canada

Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife Dept: Kenney will announce that refugees, immigrants and visitors to Canada who are convicted of a crime and serve more than six months behind bars will be deported soon after their release, 's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife reported Tuesday night, according to CTV. In its election platform, the Conservative Party had outlined proposed changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Criminal Code to allow foreign criminals who have completed their sentences to be deported immediately and immigration Minister Jason Kenney is set to unveil tough new measures to quickly deport foreigners who serve more than six months in jail, News has learned. "They will lose their right to appeal," Fife said, noting that the new measures will fulfill one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's key campaign pledges. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.