Bill C-20, An Act establishing the Public Complaints and Review Commission, responds to the Canadian Council for Refugees’ longstanding call for oversight of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) – we welcome this bill as a long overdue measure. There are shortcomings in the bill, as outlined in our submission, but we urge that they be addressed through amendments and the bill passed.
This report is a submission to the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration for their study of Application Backlogs and Processing Times.
This is the CCR submission to the 2018 House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights for their study on human trafficking in Canada.
This written submission is provided to the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration Committee in the context of the study the Committee decided to undertake in February 2018 of the Immigration and Refugee Board’s (IRB) appointments processes, training for board members, particularly as those processes relate to the cultural sensitivity, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression sensitivity, and complaints processes.
Submission to the House Standing Committee on the Status of Women for their study on Violence Against Young Women and Girls in Canada
This is the CCR's submission to HUMA (the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities) during their review of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, May-June 2016.
A submission to the Senate Standing Committee on National Security and Defence for its study on the policies, practices, and collaborative efforts of Canada Border Services Agency in determining admissibility to Canada and removal of inadmissible individuals.