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IRPRPART 17 TransportationDIVISION 2 Specified Removal Order
r.273

Obligation to carry from Canada

Transportation
🍁 In Simple Terms

If a commercial transporter brought a foreign national to Canada and that person is ordered to leave, the transporter must carry that person out of Canada without delay. The destination depends on the reason for removal — it may be any country, or specifically the United States, depending on the circumstances.

Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada
Legal Text — IRPR Regulation 273

(1)273 (1) A commercial transporter that has carried a foreign national referred to in this subsection to Canada or caused such a foreign national to be carried to Canada must, without delay, carry the foreign national from Canada

(2)(2) The transporter must transport a foreign national who is subject to an enforceable removal order from wherever the foreign national is situated in Canada to the vehicle in which they will be carried to another country.

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