Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Marginal note:Security

• 34 (1) A permanent resident or a foreign national is inadmissible on security grounds for

  • (a) engaging in an act of espionage or an act of subversion against a democratic government, institution or process as they are understood in Canada;

  • (b) engaging in or instigating the subversion by force of any government;

  • (c) engaging in terrorism;

  • (d) being a danger to the security of Canada;

  • (e) engaging in acts of violence that would or might endanger the lives or safety of persons in Canada; or

  • (f) being a member of an organization that there are reasonable grounds to believe engages, has engaged or will engage in acts referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) The matters referred to in subsection (1) do not constitute inadmissibility in respect of a permanent resident or a foreign national who satisfies the Minister that their presence in Canada would not be detrimental to the national interest.