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The Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Chris Alexander, has announced that the government will ban people who have taken part in practices that are \u201cincompatible with Canadian values\u201d \u2014 such as those in polygamous or forced marriages \u2014 from immigrating to Canada.<\/p>\n
Minister Alexander outlined the government\u2019s position at a news conference with Status of Women Minister Kellie Leitch in Toronto on Wednesday morning. Alexander said that the bill would eliminate premature and forced marriages from Canada’s immigration system and the country as a whole. The bill is expected to pass with full support from the majority Conservative caucus in Ottawa.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe intention [of the bill] is very clear,\u201d said Alexander. \u201cWe will be enhancing the ability of the immigration system to detect and then to act on cases of polygamy. There are many cases \u2014 at least hundreds across the country, maybe even more \u2014 of people who have come here with multiple wives without that fact being confirmed in the immigration system and without anything having been done about it, even when it\u2019s detected later.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will give ourselves the tools to act. Polygamists are not welcome in this country and, if and when they are found in our immigration system, they will be removed from this country.\u201d<\/p>\n