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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 985687" data-attributes="member: 23950">Sweeping immigration changes to give new power to ministerSweeping changes proposed in a new immigration bill would give new powers to the minister of immigration, including the ability to allow automatic deportation for any non-Canadian sentenced to more than six months in jail.&quot;I think you can call them dangerous, you can call them serious, we don&#039;t want them in Canada anymore, and that&#039;s the bottom line,&quot; Kenney told Chris Hall on CBC News Network&#039;s Power &amp; Politics.&quot;If you are a foreign national and you want the privilege of staying in Canada, don&#039;t commit a serious crime.… I don&#039;t think that&#039;s too much to ask people.&quot;Kenney suggested one of the reasons for the changes is that judges sometimes sentence people to two years less a day to allow them to keep their immigration appeals. The current law allows an appeal for those sentenced to less than two years.&quot;If you commit a serious crime in Canada, we are going to send you packing as quickly as we can,&quot; Kenney said.In their election campaign platform last year, the Conservatives promised to streamline deportations of &quot;foreign criminals&quot; from Canada.Kenney last year also froze applications from foreign parents and grandparents to join their children in Canada, but introduced a new &quot;super-visa&quot; that allows family members to visit Canada for up to 10 years provided they have a minimum annual income and arrange their own health insurance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="klein, post: 985687, member: 23950"] Sweeping immigration changes to give new power to minister Sweeping changes proposed in a new immigration bill would give new powers to the minister of immigration, including the ability to allow automatic deportation for any non-Canadian sentenced to more than six months in jail."I think you can call them dangerous, you can call them serious, we don't want them in Canada anymore, and that's the bottom line," Kenney told Chris Hall on CBC News Network's Power & Politics. "If you are a foreign national and you want the privilege of staying in Canada, don't commit a serious crime.… I don't think that's too much to ask people." Kenney suggested one of the reasons for the changes is that judges sometimes sentence people to two years less a day to allow them to keep their immigration appeals. The current law allows an appeal for those sentenced to less than two years. "If you commit a serious crime in Canada, we are going to send you packing as quickly as we can," Kenney said. In their election campaign platform last year, the Conservatives promised to streamline deportations of "foreign criminals" from Canada. Kenney last year also froze applications from foreign parents and grandparents to join their children in Canada, but introduced a new "super-visa" that allows family members to visit Canada for up to 10 years provided they have a minimum annual income and arrange their own health insurance. [/QUOTE]

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