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What is the immigration and refugee protection act?
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establishes categories of who can come to canada from other countries to make permanent homes here, lays out the objectives of those categories
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what is the canada-quebec accord
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a specific agreement with quebec, quebec can nominate the percentage of immigrants to canada that corresponds to its population within canada.
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objectives of the immigration and refugee protection act
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save lives and offer protection to people who are displaced and persecuted, fulfill and affirm canada's international commitments to protect refugess, grant fair consideration to people who claim to be persecuted, offer refugee to people facing persecution because of race, religion, political opinion, or membership in a social group,and to people who face torture, or cruel and unusual treatment or punishment
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what is the singh decision
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people claiming refugee status in canada have the right to a hearing, which they attend in person, canada established the immigration and refugee board to provide quick and fair hearings, canadas government provides people seeking refugee status with the necessities of life while they wait for a hearing.
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what is the provincial nomination program
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provinces can nominate a percentage of the immigrants canada selects each year. this means, for example, that alberta can specify that it needs immigration with particular skills, the program also allows some provinces to set up their own immigration offices in foreign countries, governments in canada cant require immigrants to settle in particular places or work in particular jobs. the provincial nomination program increases the likelihood that immigrants will settle in the provinces whose labour needs match their skills
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