Subhead:Canada’s “broken” immigration system has led to less support for immigration, MP Rempel Garner told reporters.#
Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner announced Thursday she plans to heavily amend the government’s border security bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, with numerous asylum system measures.
Her proposed changes would disallow asylum claims from those transiting through Europe or a G7 country en route to Canada and deny social benefits, except emergency medical treatment, to those with a failed asylum claim.
Rempel Garner will formally propose amendments to the “pretty generous” asylum system during the bill’s clause-by-clause analysis at a House of Commons committee next week, the Canadian Press reports. She argues many Canadians want changes, suggesting failed claimants should only receive emergency healthcare.
Announcing the biggest suite of asylum system and immigration reforms in recent Canadian history pic.twitter.com/XCRHp5TpPj
— Michelle Rempel Garner (@MichelleRempel) November 20, 2025
The Conservative MP plans to propose amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to hasten the deportation of non-citizens convicted of a crime or who fail a pre-removal risk assessment. The changes include defining “serious criminality” as a conviction for an indictable offense or a hybrid offense where the Crown sought an indictable charge.
In addition, she will propose a ban on repeat pre-removal risk assessments if the initial one fails unless new evidence of changed circumstances is presented.
