Anonymous21 days ago
Canada's Senate passed Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act, on March 12, 2026, clearing the way for the most sweeping rewrite of the country's immigration and asylum system in over two decades. The legislation grants the executive broad new powers to cancel immigration documents, bars asylum seekers who have been in Canada for more than a year from hearings before the Immigration and Refugee Board, and introduces new information-sharing authorities — measures that human rights groups and several senators warn could create a two-tier system that disproportionately harms vulnerable populations.