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==General Principles== | ==General Principles== | ||
{{seealso|Consequences of Criminal Records After Sentencing|Sentencing Factors Relating to the Offender#Effect on Immigration}} | {{seealso|Consequences of Criminal Records After Sentencing|Sentencing Factors Relating to the Offender#Effect on Immigration}} | ||
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 renders foreign nationals and permanent residents inadmissible and subject to a removal order by virtue of certain types of criminal convictions depending on the circumstances. | The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27 renders foreign nationals and permanent residents inadmissible and subject to a removal order by virtue of certain types of criminal convictions depending on the circumstances. | ||
A non-citizen person does not have an unqualified right to enter or remain in Canada.<ref> | |||
{{CanLIIRPC|Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) v Chiarelli|1fsf6|1992 CanLII 87 (SCC)|[1992] 1 SCR 711}}{{perSCC-H|Sopinka J}} | |||
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There are four ground classes for which a person is inadmissible under the IRPA: | There are four ground classes for which a person is inadmissible under the IRPA: | ||