We'll now go to clause 62 and NDP‑9.
Madam Kwan, would you like to speak to it?
PUBLIC SAFETY #15: Bill C-12 NDP-9 Amendment
PUBLIC SAFETY #15: Bill C-12 NDP-9 Amendment
Public Safety Committee on Nov. 25th, 2025
Evidence of meeting #15 for Public Safety and National Security in the 45th Parliament, 1st session
10:30 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 62, be amended by replacing line 17 on page 25 to line 1 on page 26 with the following:
62 Claims for refugee protection whose eligibility to be referred to the Refugee Protection Division has not yet been determined on the day on which any of sections 43 to 45 come into force or that have been determined to be eligible for referral but have not yet been referred to that Division immediately before that day are subject to the Act as it would have read had none of those sections come into force.
Mr. Chair, in the transitional provisions of Bill C-12, the new ineligibility provisions are set to retroactively apply to refugee claims that have already been made but have not yet been referred to the refugee protection division by the date on which the bill comes into force. This amendment adjusts the transition provisions so that this section would apply only to cases made on and after the day on which the bill goes into effect. In other words, it would not apply retroactively, Mr. Chair.
The Chair Jean-Yves Duclos
Liberal
Thank you, Madam Kwan.
Shall NDP‑9 carry?
(Amendment negatived)
(Clause 62 agreed to on division)
