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Immigration Minister Says New Border Bill Powers Would Have Been Useful During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Immigration Minister Lena Diab stated that a new bill would provide the government with powers to limit permanent and temporary immigration applications, and it would have been useful during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The revised border security bill, C-12, aims to grant the government the ability to cancel existing immigration documents in the public interest.
- Diab emphasized that such powers would only be used in extreme circumstances for public safety or national security, mentioning that obtaining authorization for limiting immigration would be 'not that easy.'
- Julia Sande from Amnesty International Canada noted that Canada provided temporary foreign workers in agriculture exemptions to pandemic travel rules.
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Diab says new border bill powers would have been useful during COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA — A Liberal government bill that would give Ottawa new powers to limit permanent and temporary immigration applications would have been useful during the COVID-19 pandemic, Immigration Minister Lena Diab said Thursday.
Immigration minister says new border bill powers would have been useful during COVID-19 pandemic
Immigration Minister Lena Diab says a bill before MPs that would give Ottawa new powers to limit permanent and temporary immigration applications would have been useful during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right0Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution78% Left
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- 78% of the sources lean Left
78% Left
L 78%
C 22%
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