🍁 In Simple Terms
A grandfathering rule. The requirement to issue permanent residents a document proving their status did not apply to people who already held permanent residence under the old law, so the government was not obliged to hand one to everyone already here.
Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada
Legal Text: IRPA Section 200
*200 Subsection 31(1) does not apply with respect to persons who were permanent residents, within the meaning of the former Act, on the coming into force of this section.
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Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPA s. 200 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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