2025年10月25日，加拿大媒體CTV報道稱，卡尼政府強力推動的聯邦C-12法案正在成為現實。
該法案最大的爭議點並不是嚴厲的邊境管控措施，而是授予加拿大移民部長可以隨時以“公共利益”的理由取消、暫停任何種類的簽證申請。
簡單來說，移民部長可以宣布某個人的簽證申請取消；可以宣布某一類的簽證申請暫停或取消；可以宣布某個移民項目的所有移民申請全部取消。
而這些有可能影響無數家庭命運的決定不再需要國會討論，而是移民部長就可以直接做出——因為C-12法案給了移民部長如此大的授權。
“要恢複加拿大的住房負擔能力，住房平均價格必須要下降。”
加拿大移民律師Chantal Desloges告訴CTV，所謂的“公共利益”其實就是決定政府的意誌，所以這項授權並不合理。
加拿大所有人都應該意識到，加拿大是由移民建立的國家，移民政策如此重大的變動會長期影響每個人的生活。
而加拿大移民律師協會也支持Chantal Desloges的意見，他們在官方回複中稱——
C-12賦予加拿大移民部長的權力過於廣泛了，因為申請加拿大永久居民的申請人將要麵臨隨時可能被取消資格的風險，申請工簽和學簽的人也是如此，當這種巨大的不確定性存在時，移民申請和簽證申請就成了高風險行為。
因此，加拿大移民律師協會認為C-12隻會給移民係統增加更多壓力，而不是緩解它。
加拿大移民律師協會還認為，卡尼政府推出C-12法案其實是在取悅美國總統特朗普，但特朗普未必領情。而C-12的副作用——“數以萬計正在等待審批的移民申請人可能被係統瞬間刪除”卻隻能由加拿大獨自承擔。
加拿大曆史上首次“一刀切”式的取消移民申請發生在2012年，當時哈珀政府剛剛上台，麵對自由黨政府任期內積壓的28萬份移民申請直接宣布取消，等待多年的家庭的加拿大移民夢想戛然而止。
但那一次，也沒有形成法案變成係統性的操作方式，而是國會單獨投票決定的一次性政策。如今的C-12不但是2012年一刀切的翻版，而且被法律固定成標準流程。
移民法專家也好，移民律師協會也罷，他們沒辦法改變C-12終將被通過的命運，但他們建議卡尼政府：
1. 暫停過量類別的新受理，防止進一步積壓
2. 增加處理預算，投資AI自動審查與分散化管理
3. 建立法律保障，禁止追溯性取消已接收申請
4. 簡化重複試點項目，集中資源處理主流通道
但無論如何，精確的移民規劃才能規避最大的風險，如果您對楓葉卡充滿渴望但找不到合適的方法，試試天恩就對了。
Former Immigration Minister Warns Bill C-12 Could Tarnish Canada’s Refugee Brand
By Visas & Immigration Team @ VisaHQ Nov 15, 2025
https://www.visahq.com/news/2025-11-14/ca/former-immigration-minister-warns-bill-c-12-could-tarnish-canadas-refugee-brand/
Canada’s reputation as a safe haven for refugees is “at risk,” former immigration minister Lloyd Axworthy told reporters in Ottawa on November 14. Axworthy’s criticism comes as Parliament debates Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, which would let officials cancel asylum applications that have been in process for more than a year and give the minister broad powers to suspend or revoke immigration documents “in the public interest.”
Axworthy, who served as immigration minister under two Liberal prime ministers, argued that the bill prioritises enforcement optics over Canada’s human-rights commitments. “We’re basically regressing into a bubble,” he said, warning that charging refugees co-pays for dental and prescription benefits and relying on the Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States undermines core principles of the UN Refugee Convention. He urged the government to scrap the agreement, noting recent U.S. policy shifts that sharply reduced refugee admissions.
Business and mobility specialists say the draft law would introduce new compliance risks for employers that move talent across the border. “Permanent residence documents could be suspended with little notice,” one immigration counsel told Global Mobility News, advising HR teams to audit pending files and prepare contingency travel plans for high-value foreign staff. NGOs fear the bill will increase litigation and backlogs, countering Ottawa’s stated goal of a more efficient system.
Axworthy’s intervention adds pressure on Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has framed Bill C-12 as a response to growing public concern over border security and immigration fraud. With a minority government, Carney must secure support from either Conservatives or New Democrats to pass the legislation. Observers expect heated committee hearings in the weeks ahead, with stakeholder groups—from refugee advocates to corporate mobility managers—seeking amendments that balance security with Canada’s economic need for newcomers.
For employers, the practical takeaway is vigilance: review expatriate and assignee caseloads, identify anyone whose asylum, work-permit or permanent-residence status could fall under the bill’s discretionary powers, and brief travelling executives on possible document checks at ports of entry if C-12 becomes law.
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