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An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of Canada's borders and the integrity of the Canadian immigration system and respecting other related security measures โœ“ Became Law

BillC-12
Session45-1
StageLaw (royal assent given)
Introduced2025-10-08
Proposed byGary Anandasangaree
parl.ca ↗

Part 1 amends the Customs Act to provide the Canada Border Services Agency with facilities free of charge for carrying out any purpose related to the administration or enforcement of that Act and other Acts of Parliament and to provide officers of that Agency with access at certain locations to goods destined for export. It also includes transitional provisions.

Part 3 amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Cannabis Act to confirm that the Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, make regulations exempting members of law enforcement from the application of any provision of the Criminal Code that creates drug-related inchoate offences when they are undertaking lawful investigations.

Part 4 amends the Oceans Act to provide that coast guard services include activities related to security and to authorize the responsible minister to collect, analyze and disclose information and intelligence.

Part 5 amends the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act to authorize the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to disclose, for certain purposes and subject to any regulations, personal information under the control of the Department within the Department and to certain other federal and provincial government entities.

It also amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to authorize the making of regulations relating to the disclosure of information collected for the purposes of that Act to federal departments and agencies.

Part 6 amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to, among other things,

It also includes transitional provisions.

Part 7 amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to, among other things,

Part 8 amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to add two new grounds of ineligibility for claims for refugee protection as well as powers to make regulations respecting exceptions to those new grounds. It also includes a transitional provision respecting the retroactive application of those new grounds.

Part 9 amends the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act to, among other things,

It also makes consequential and related amendments to the Retail Payment Activities Act and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations and includes transitional provisions.

Part 10 amends the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Act to make the Director of the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada a member of the committee established under subsection 18(1) of that Act. It also amends the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act to enable the Director to exchange information with the other members of that committee.

Part 11 amends the Sex Offender Information Registration Act to, among other things,

It also makes a related amendment to the Customs Act.

✦ AI Summary

Bill C-12 enacts several measures aimed at enhancing Canada's border security and the integrity of its immigration system. Key changes include granting border services officers more access to goods for export, creating a faster way to control precursor chemicals for illicit drugs, and clarifying when law enforcement can be exempt from drug laws during investigations. The bill also shifts responsibility for coast guard services to the Department of National Defence and allows for greater sharing of personal information between government bodies for immigration and security purposes.

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Legislative Timeline

2025-10-08
First reading
โœฆ AIBill proposes border security, immigration integrity, and related security measures.
Current
Law (royal assent given)
โœฆ AIPart 4 amended responsibility for coast guard services to Minister of National Defence.

Votes

Vote #: 59 Date: 2025-12-11 Result: Passed Yes: 327 No: 8

Yes / No Ratio

Yes97.6%
No2.4%

How each party voted

PartyPositionYesNo
BlocYes100%0%
ConservativeYes100%0%
GreenNo0%100%
LiberalYes100%0%
NDPNo0%100%