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In Committee from the Senate of Canada
Social Affairs, Science and Technology - May 31, 2017
The committee discusses amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act as part of its pre-study of the budget implementation bill (C-44). Vincent Wong, acting director of the Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, outlines the clinic's concerns with the proposals concerning user fees for the acquisition of permanent residence status. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada senior officials Matt De Vlieger, Karine Paré, Victoria Henderson, and Marie-Pier Côté then discuss the amendments related to the Express Entry system and to user fees. (May 31, 2017) UPDATE: Bill C-44 received royal assent on June 22.