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Immigration Law: Bill C and Criminality Designation

immigration law: As originally proposed, it would have automatically classified all DUI offences as serious criminality, according to Toronto Star. That designation, under immigration law, would have resulted in the loss of permanent residence status even for a first-time offender who caused no bodily harm. Bill C-46 intends to raise the maximum penalty for impaired driving in Canada from five to 10 years. Canada's Senate has decided that the serious criminality designation for impaired driving should not apply to permanent residents and foreign nationals sentenced to less than six months in jail. Toronto Star file photo The Senate decided that the serious criminality designation for impaired driving should not apply to permanent residents and foreign nationals sentenced to less than six months in jail. The amendment to the Impaired Driving Act spares permanent residents sentenced to less than six months from being deported. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.