Posted on 07/05/2025 1:25:00 PM PDT by george76
Canada approved 17,600 rehabilitation applications from people with criminal records hoping to enter the country in the last decade, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has confirmed to CTV News.
From 2014 to 2024, more than 25,350 foreigners submitted an application to have their criminal record forgiven so they can enter Canada, whether on a work or study visa, to apply for permanent residency, or for a short-term visit.
Of those, nearly 70 per cent were approved, nearly 20 per cent were refused, and about 10 per cent of applications were withdrawn.
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IRCC does not filter the applications for the type of criminal activity. The department also did not specify how many applications were for people hoping to visit Canada for a short period, versus work, study, or a permanent residency application.
IRCC also does not filter for the applicant’s country of origin.
Immigration and refugee lawyer Chantal Desloges said in an interview on CTV Your Morning that everyone with a conviction must submit a rehabilitation application before being allowed to enter Canada, with the process being the same whether they’ve committed a crime or violated federal law.
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Calling the number of people with prior criminal convictions who are approved for rehabilitation “a drop in the bucket” compared to the total number of people visiting Canada every year, Desloges added a successful application does not necessarily mean the individual has already entered the country.
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Asked about concerns that people facing deportation from the United States might try to come to Canada, Desloges said it’s “quite possible,” but added that Canada’s inadmissibility laws are stricter than they are south of the border.
“The U.S. is more concerned with crimes that have some sort of depravity attached to them, or what they call crimes of moral turpitude, whereas ours is much more black and white,” she said. “If you have a conviction, it almost doesn’t matter what it is. It will make you inadmissible if you’re a foreign national. There are some exceptions, but they’re rare.”
Desloges cited the example of a conviction for driving under the influence. Someone with such a conviction would be unlikely to have any issues entering the U.S., but trying to enter Canada with the same record would be “extremely serious,” she said.
So is it OK to marry your brother ???
Pikers. Biden paid millions of them to come here.
A friend with a misdemeanor DUI in Florida got denied entry to Canada because that’s a felony there. He had to pay some ‘rehabilitation fee’ in the hundreds of dollars before they would let him in.
There’s probably a whole lot of those kinds of ‘criminals’ getting ‘rehabilitated.’
At least we can say that they’re not taking in any draft dodgers of ours.
The number of people arrested in England and Wales has halved in the past decade despite crime reaching record levels this year.
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Can they play hockey? That’s all that matters to them
Canada is free to let whomever they want into their country, no matter how stupid the reason.
Liberals have a Death-wish
“SUICIDE IS PAINLESS”——————
For everyone all one has to do to see it is look around.
DWI admittance is crazy to be so strict. I got one in 1978 when I was a young pup. How many got one when they were young and dumb? Then backed off of the behavior? Seems like a lot to me.
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