The 2008 Annotated Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of Canada (Goslett & Caruso)

- formerly Marrocco & Goslett

Description:

• All significant statutory developments including amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act together with accompanying Regulations and Rules, supplemented with numerous Editor’s Notes to account for transitional provisions from the former Immigration Act
• Recent amendments to the legislation including:
  • Immigration and Refugee Protection Act -- amended by S.C. 2005, c. 20 (former Bill C-12)
  • Federal Courts Act -- amended by S.C. 2005, c. 46 (former Bill C-11); S.C. 2006, c. 9 (former Bill C-2); and S.C. 2006, c. 11 (former Bill C-17)
  • Federal Courts Rules -- amended by SOR/2007-130
• Significant case annotations including:
  • Covarrubias v. Canada - a Federal Court of Appeal's interpretation of the s. 97 exclusion of persons from countries that are unable to provide adequate medical treatment
  • Charkaouli, Re -- a successful constitutional challenge of the procedure concerning confirmation of security certificates and review of detention provisions
  • A brief synopsis of changes and amendments that the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Regulations have introduced to facilitate an understanding of the current law
• A table of concordance that relates sections of the former Immigration Act to the corresponding sections of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
• Comprehensive index to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, Regulations, Rules, the Immigration Act, Regulations, Rules and other related legislation.