OTTAWA — Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner says she plans to “amend the heck” out of the government’s border security bill, Bill C-12, with a host of measures targeting the asylum system.
Her proposed changes include disallowing asylum claims from people who transited through Europe or another G7 country on their way to Canada and denying access to social benefits, except emergency medical treatment, for those with a failed asylum claim.
Rempel Garner says she also plans to propose changes to speed up the deportation of non-citizens if they are convicted of a crime or if their pre-removal risk assessment isn’t successful.
She says increased rates of permanent and temporary immigration, in addition to increased asylum claims, have “broken” Canada’s system and contributed to declining support for immigration.
As it stands, Bill C-12 proposes restrictions on eligibility to make an asylum claim if the person has been in Canada for more than a year.
Rempel Garner says she plans to formally introduce these amendments when the bill goes through clause-by-clause analysis at a House of Commons committee meeting next week.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 20, 2025.
David Baxter, The Canadian Press
