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The attached document provides the CCR's comments in response to the publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 158, Number 51, on December 21, 2024, of proposed College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants Regulations.

The College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants regulates immigration and citizenship consultants according to the provisions of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants Act. The proposed regulations would provide more detailed rules affecting the college. 

The CCR's comments address the potential impacts of the proposed regulations on people who have suffered the negative effects of dishonest or incompetent services by a consultant.

The attached document provides the CCR's comments in response to the publication in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 158, Number 51, on December 21, 2024, of proposed amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations and to the Citizenship Regulations with respect to administrative penalties for non-compliance with requirements regarding representation and advice.

The proposed new system would allow IRCC to penalize people who provide advice or representation in immigration and citizenship processes in return for payment, without being authorized. The CCR has a longstanding concern with unscrupulous and unauthorized consultants who prey on vulnerable people seeking to navigate Canada’s immigration and citizenship systems. The CCR's comments are focused on the interests of the people who are abused by such agents, as well as on possible consequences for NGOs of false and malicious complaints.

This submission is made as a contribution to the Committee’s study into the Subject Matter of Clauses 301 to 310 (Part 4, Division 16) of Bill C-97, the omnibus budget bill. The clauses in question would amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in ways that would affect the rights of refugee claimants seeking Canada’s protection.

The CCR calls for the elimination of provisions in the omnibus Budget Implementation Act, Bill C-97, that significantly reduce the rights of refugee claimants. The proposed changes to the refugee determination system place many people at increased risk of being sent back to face persecution, in violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and of Canada’s international human rights obligations.

This document outlines key problems with the proposed amendments.

The attached are the CCR's representations concerning the proposed changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, with respect to the transportation loans, pre-published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 151, No. 39, on 30 September 2017

This document is the CCR's submission to Parliament on Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act.