Alignment of Inadmissibility Grounds with the Cannabis Act (SOR/2018-170)

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryCanada

Operative dateOctober 17, 2018

CategoryBorder controls / inadmissibility

Policy toolInadmissibility criteria / enforcement

Affected groupForeign nationals entering canada

Policy effect

Amends IRPR sections 19 and 246 to add the Cannabis Act to the list of prescribed Acts under which committing transborder offences creates criminal inadmissibility upon entering Canada, and specifies cannabis-related offences as factors in determining danger to the public for immigration detention. Phase scope: Entire

Official source excerpt

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Section 19 of the IRPR specifies the Acts of Parliament that contain the indictable offences which can lead to criminal inadmissibility when committing such a criminal offence upon entering Canada; the CDSA is currently listed in this provision. The IRPA also includes various provisions related to immigration detention. Grounds for immigration detention include where an officer believes on reasonable grounds the person is inadmissible and is a danger to the public.

Canada GazetteCanada Gazette, Part II, Volume 152, Number 17, Registration SOR/2018-170, August 2, 2018.Open official source

Retrieved from https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2018/2018-08-22/html/sor-dors170-eng.html

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Alignment of Inadmissibility Grounds with the Cannabis Act (SOR/2018-170)

Policy effect

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other Canada changes operative in 2018