Locate and provide a summary and analysis of several statutes and government documents. You will be asked to discuss how these sources fit in the broader literature concerning immigration and refugees in Canada.

Your summary and analysis should include all SEVEN parts below and address ALL questions asked. Use the major headings of the parts below in your essay.

 ASSIGNMENT – REQUIRED COMPONENTS

Part I: Locating A Government Document (4 Marks)

You are required to find, cite and annotate ONE relevant source on the subject of refugees or immigrants in the Canadian context.

The source must be a government document (parliamentary or non-parliamentary).

Hints:

• You must properly cite the source at first mention.
• The quality of the source will be considered in your grade.
• The annotation should be approximately 2 double spaced pages.

1) Write a concise annotation that:

(a) summarizes the central theme and scope of the source,

(b) explains how the article contributes to the discussion of refugees in Canada,

(c) evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the article (i.e. Is the author consistent? Where is the source published? Is it recent? Does it provide you with credible information? Is there anything obvious that jeopardizes its credibility? Is there important information that is missing?).

2) Detail the process used to locate the source: for example, what databases did you use to locate the source, what keywords did you use, how many sources did you find, did you have to refine your search, how did you confirm the source was a government document?

Part II: Locate the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (1 mark)

Locate the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Protection Act: Part III, Enforcement

• Include a complete and correct citation of this act.
• Summarize the legislative purpose for enacting Part III of the act. What is/was the goal of enacting this law? (100-150 words)

Part III: Update the Statute (1 mark)

Update Part III, Refugee Protection of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

• List 3 sections from Part III of IRPA that have been added, amended or repealed.
  • Make sure to indicate whether each section has been added, amended or repealed.
  • Make sure to indicate the year in which each section was added, amended or repealed.

Part IV:  Previous version of the statute (1 mark)

Section 13 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act existed in a previous version of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

• Locate the previous version of this section and explain what changes were made to this section. (50 words)

Part V: Delegated Legislation: Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (1 Mark)

• Locate the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.
• Provide the correct citation for this regulation.
• Briefly explain what is the objective of s 75(1)(2) (Federal Skilled Worker Class). (100-150 words)

Part VI: Locate Bill C-11, An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Federal Courts Act.

 (1.5 marks)

• Include a complete and correct citation for the bill.
• At the House of Commons, Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, Meeting 18, describe the arguments detailed by Mr. Abraham Abraham (Representative in Canada, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees). Does he support or have concerns about this bill? (100-150 words)
• Who gave the first speech in favor of this Bill at Second Reading in the House of Commons and provide a short summary of their main argument in support of the Bill? (100-150 words)

Part VII: Locate Bill C-3, An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (certificate and special advocate) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act (1.5 marks)

• Include a complete and correct citation for the bill.
• On what date did this bill achieve royal assent, if it has not received royal assent at what stage is the bill at today?
• At third reading and adoption of the Bill in the House of Commons, how did Mr. Bernard Bigras vote?

Citation (4 marks)

Provide proper footnotes or endnotes using correct form following the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (McGill Guide), 9th Edition. Include as a minimum, references to the statutes, bills, regulation and government document you refer to in your answers.

NOTE: You can include your citations in the text (as a heading) but any pinpoints should be in footnotes/endnotes.