We'll now go to NDP‑12.
Ms. Kwan, you have the floor.
PUBLIC SAFETY #15: Bill C-12 NDP-12 Amendment
PUBLIC SAFETY #15: Bill C-12 NDP-12 Amendment
Public Safety Committee on Nov. 25th, 2025
Evidence of meeting #15 for Public Safety and National Security in the 45th Parliament, 1st session
11:35 p.m.
The Chair Jean-Yves Duclos
Liberal
Jenny Kwan Vancouver East, BC
NDP
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I move that Bill C-12, in clause 73, be amended by replacing line 8 on page 32 with the following:
graph begins on the day after the day of their last entry.
This amendment addresses the same ineligibilities as I mentioned earlier. It targets the arbitrary and cruel one-year bar, specifically.
It was noted, during the review process for Bill C-12, that this one-year bar since first entry timeline is arbitrary and does not have a basis in international or domestic law, nor does it take into account that country circumstances frequently change and deteriorate. Someone who had no fear when they first visited Canada, after June 2020, would be barred from claiming refugee protection after one year. This is completely unreasonable. Therefore, my amendment would make this rule somewhat less draconian by making the arbitrary one-year bar relative to the individual's last entry rather than their first entry.
The Chair Jean-Yves Duclos
Liberal
Thank you, Ms. Kwan.
Shall NDP‑12 carry?
(Amendment negatived)
