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C-212Private Member’s Bill

Department of Citizenship and Immigration Ombud Act

An Act to establish the Office of the Ombud for the Department of Citizenship and Immigration and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts

Jenny Kwan
Current stage: 1st Reading
Introduced 393 days ago
45th Parliament, 1st Session

Summary

This enactment establishes the Office of the Ombud for the Department of Citizenship and Immigration and sets out the Ombud’s powers, duties and functions. It also makes a related amendment to the Languages Skills Act and consequential amendments to certain other Acts.

Event Timeline

  1. House First Reading

    Jun 18, 2025House

Statutes Touched by This Bill

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C-212 touches 16 statutes

Regulatory Activity

Public Service Employment Act · 4 entries

DatePartTypeTitleInstrument
Feb 14, 2025IIRegulationEligibility of Certain Former Members of the Canadian Forces RegulationsSOR/2025-25
Feb 26, 2025IIOrderExclusion Approval Order for Certain Former Members of the Canadian ForcesSI/2025-20
Dec 30, 2024IIRegulationPublic Service Employment Regulations — Regulations Amending theSOR/2024-295
Sep 7, 2024IProposedRegulations Amending the Public Service Employment Regulations—

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Financial Administration Act · 54 entries

DatePartTypeTitleInstrument
Jun 17, 2026IIOrderFees Under the Passport and Other Travel Document Services Fees Regulations (March 31, 2026 to April 29, 2026) — Remission Order for CertainSI/2026-28
Jun 17, 2026IIOrderBovine Tuberculosis Outbreaks — Remission Order in Respect of the 2016–2017 and 2019SI/2026-27
May 20, 2026IIOrderOrder in Council Directing that the Annual Report of the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization Be DiscontinuedSI/2026-23
May 6, 2026IIOrderTreaty Land Entitlement (Saskatchewan) Remission Order — Order Amending theSI/2026-14
Apr 8, 2026IIOrderAdjustment of Certain Fees Under the Passport and Other Travel Document Services Fees Regulations Remission OrderSI/2026-12
Apr 8, 2026IIOrderFee Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status (Afghanistan) Remission OrderSI/2026-7
Apr 8, 2026IIOrderFee Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status (Certain Foreign Nationals) Remission OrderSI/2026-9
Apr 8, 2026IIOrderFees Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status and for the Processing of a Sponsorship Application for Family Classes (Sudan) Remission OrderSI/2026-8
Apr 8, 2026IIOrderFees Paid or Payable for the Processing of an Application for Permanent Resident Status (Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations) Remission Order, No. 1SI/2026-10
Apr 8, 2026IIOrderFees Paid or Payable for the Processing of an Application for Permanent Resident Status (Humanitarian and Compassionate Considerations) Remission Order, No. 2SI/2026-11
Feb 11, 2026IIOrderConsular Services Fees (Performance Standards) Remission OrderSI/2026-2
Jan 26, 2026IIRegulationPassport and Other Travel Document Services Fees Regulations (Removal of Fee Adjustments) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2026-7
Feb 11, 2026IIOrderFees Under the Passport and Other Travel Document Services Fees Regulations — Remission Order for CertainSI/2026-1
Dec 31, 2025IIOrderAdjustment of Fees Paid or Payable Under the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations for the 2019–2020 to 2025–2026 Fiscal Years Remission OrderSI/2025-133
Dec 31, 2025IIOrderAdjustment of Charges Paid or Payable Under the Storage of Goods Regulations for the 2019–2020 to 2025–2026 Fiscal Years Remission OrderSI/2025-132
Dec 31, 2025IIOrderAdjustment of Certain Costs Paid or Payable Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (April 1, 2019 to October 31, 2024) Remission OrderSI/2025-130
Dec 31, 2025IIOrderAdjustment of Certain Fees Paid or Payable Under the Special Services (Customs) Regulations for the 2019–2020 to 2025–2026 Fiscal Years Remission OrderSI/2025-131
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderCertain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (2023 Morocco Earthquake) Remission OrderSI/2025-117
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderCertain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (2023 Canada Wildfires) Remission OrderSI/2025-115
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderCertain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (2023 Nova Scotia Floods) Remission OrderSI/2025-114
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderCertain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (2023 Türkiye and Syria Earthquakes) Remission OrderSI/2025-118
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderCertain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (2025 Canada Wildfires) Remission OrderSI/2025-116
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderCertain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (Haiti) Remission OrderSI/2025-120
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderCertain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (Iran) Remission OrderSI/2025-119
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderCertain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Identity and Travel Documents (Sudan) Remission OrderSI/2025-121
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderCertain Fees Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations Remission OrderSI/2025-126
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderFee Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status (Certain Afghan Nationals) Remission OrderSI/2025-124
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderFee Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status (Certain Colombian, Haitian and Venezuelan Nationals) Remission OrderSI/2025-123
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderFee Paid or Payable for the Acquisition of Permanent Resident Status (Sudan) Remission OrderSI/2025-122
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderFee Payable for the Right to be a Citizen Remission OrderSI/2025-125
Dec 17, 2025IIOrderFee to be Paid by Foreign Nationals to Participate in an International Youth Exchange Program in Canada Remission OrderSI/2025-113
Nov 28, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act (Controlled Substances) — Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under theSOR/2025-245
Oct 22, 2025IIOrderCanadian Dental Care Plan Eligibility Issues — Remission Order in respect ofSI/2025-103
Aug 13, 2025IIOrderMinister of Infrastructure and Communities as the Appropriate Minister for the Canada Lands Company Limited for the Purposes of the Financial Administration Act — Order Designating theSI/2025-92
May 13, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act (Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada) — Order Amending Schedule I.1 to theSOR/2025-127
May 13, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act (Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages) — Order Amending Schedule I.1 to theSOR/2025-130
May 13, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario) — Order Amending Schedule I.1 to theSOR/2025-128
May 13, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act (Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario) — Order Amending Schedule I.1 to theSOR/2025-126
May 13, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act (Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat) — Order Amending Schedule I.1 to theSOR/2025-129
Mar 6, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act — Order Amending Part III of Schedule VI to theSOR/2025-85
Mar 14, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act — Order Amending Schedule I.1 to theSOR/2025-101
Mar 14, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act — Order Amending Schedule I.1 to theSOR/2025-105
Mar 15, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act — Order Amending Schedule I.1 to theSOR/2025-106
Mar 14, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act (Canadian Intergovernmental Conference Secretariat) — Order Amending Schedule I.1 to theSOR/2025-104
Mar 14, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario) — Order Amending Schedule I.1 to theSOR/2025-102
Mar 14, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act (Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada) — Order Amending Schedule I.1 to theSOR/2025-103
Mar 26, 2025IIOrderMinister of Industry as the Designated Minister for the purposes of the Business Development Bank of Canada Act and as the appropriate Minister with respect to the Business Development Bank of Canada for the purposes of the Financial Administration Act — Order Designating theSI/2025-48
Feb 14, 2025IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act (Office of the Chief Electoral Officer) — Order Amending Schedule I.1 to theSOR/2025-24
Dec 16, 2024IIRegulationGovernment Contracts Regulations — Regulations Amending theSOR/2024-273
Dec 18, 2024IIOrderCanada Pension Plan Disability Pension, Post-retirement Disability Benefit, Disabled Contributor’s Child’s Benefit and Retirement Pension Overpayments Remission OrderSI/2024-66
Dec 18, 2024IIOrderCertain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Temporary Resident Visas for Certain Extended Family (Crisis in Gaza) Remission OrderSI/2024-67
Sep 10, 2024IIOrderJasper National Park of Canada Rent and Fee Remission OrderSI/2024-47
Sep 20, 2024IIRegulationFinancial Administration Act — Order Amending Schedule V to theSOR/2024-182
Jul 31, 2024IIOrderCertain Fees in Respect of the Issuance of Replacement Documents (2024 Wildfires) Remission OrderSI/2024-36

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Access to Information Act · 2 entries

DatePartTypeTitleInstrument
Dec 18, 2024IIOrderAccess to Information Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation OrderSI/2024-61
Sep 20, 2024IIRegulationAccess to Information Act (Miscellaneous Program) — Order Amending Schedule I to theSOR/2024-184

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Aeronautics Act · 8 entries

DatePartTypeTitleInstrument
Apr 25, 2026IProposedRegulations Amending the Canadian Aviation Security Regulations, 2012 (Security Program for Air Carriers)—
Mar 21, 2026IProposedRegulations Amending the Canadian Aviation Regulations (Part II)—
Nov 28, 2025IIRegulationCanadian Aviation Regulations (Personnel Licensing and Training) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2025-241
Nov 6, 2025IIRegulationCanadian Aviation Regulations (ICAO-related Amendments) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2025-226
Mar 12, 2025IIRegulationCanadian Aviation Regulations (Parts I, III, IV and VI to VIII – Air Navigation Services) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2025-98
Mar 6, 2025IIRegulationCanadian Aviation Regulations (RPAS – Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight and Other Operations) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2025-70
Feb 14, 2025IIRegulationCanadian Aviation Regulations (Various Amendments, 2023) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2025-26
Oct 11, 2024IIRegulationCanadian Aviation Security Regulations, 2012 (Air Cargo) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2024-203

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Statutory Instruments Act · 1 entry

DatePartTypeTitleInstrument
Jun 20, 2025IIRegulationStatutory Instruments Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2025-146

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Privacy Act · 4 entries

DatePartTypeTitleInstrument
Jun 22, 2026IIRegulationPrivacy Regulations — Regulations Amending theSOR/2026-147
Dec 18, 2024IIOrderPrivacy Act Heads of Government Institutions Designation OrderSI/2024-62
Sep 20, 2024IIRegulationPrivacy Act (Miscellaneous Program) — Order Amending the Schedule to theSOR/2024-185
Sep 20, 2024IIRegulationPrivacy Act Extension Order No. 1 (Miscellaneous Program) — Order Amending theSOR/2024-186

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act · 25 entries

DatePartTypeTitleInstrument
Jun 12, 2026IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Seizure and Facilities for Holding and Examination — Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2026-128
Jun 22, 2026IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Transit Between International Flights) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2026-149
Jun 20, 2026IProposedRegulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Asylum System Reform)—
Jun 20, 2026IProposedRules Amending the Refugee Protection Division Rules—
Jun 2, 2026IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations — Regulations Amending theSOR/2026-101
May 20, 2026IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Electronic Travel Authorization) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2026-87
Mar 30, 2026IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Provincial Nominee Program) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2026-63
Feb 26, 2026IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2026-40
Jan 30, 2026IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2026-13
Dec 12, 2025IIRegulationCitizenship Regulations (Miscellaneous Program) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2025-276
Nov 21, 2025IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations — Regulations Amending theSOR/2025-234
Nov 21, 2025IIRegulationFederal Courts Rules and the Federal Courts Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection Rules — Rules Amending theSOR/2025-232
Nov 29, 2025IProposedRegulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Transit Between International Flights)—
Oct 30, 2025IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Exempting Protected Persons in Canada from Medical Examinations when Applying for Permanent Residence) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2025-223
Feb 22, 2025IProposedRegulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Provincial Nominee Program)—
Jan 31, 2025IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Cancellation of Immigration Documents) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2025-11
Dec 16, 2024IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations — Regulations Amending theSOR/2024-284
Dec 21, 2024IProposedRegulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Administrative Penalties and Consequences)—
Dec 9, 2024IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Information Sharing) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2024-257
Nov 29, 2024IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (International Experience Canada) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2024-240
Dec 9, 2024IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Ports of Entry) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2024-258
Nov 8, 2024IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Designated Learning Institutions) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2024-219
Jun 29, 2024IProposedRegulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Designated Learning Institutions)—
Jun 10, 2024IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Immigration Loans Program) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2024-127
Jun 10, 2024IIRegulationImmigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Transborder Criminality) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2024-128

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Citizenship Act · 3 entries

DatePartTypeTitleInstrument
Dec 12, 2025IIRegulationCitizenship Regulations, No. 2 (2025) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2025-278
Nov 21, 2025IIRegulationFederal Courts Rules and the Federal Courts Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection Rules — Rules Amending theSOR/2025-232
Dec 21, 2024IProposedRegulations Amending the Citizenship Regulations (Administrative Penalties and Consequences)—

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Public Service Superannuation Act · 1 entry

DatePartTypeTitleInstrument
Oct 11, 2024IIRegulationPublic Service Superannuation Regulations (Transfer Value) — Regulations Amending theSOR/2024-201

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