Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act (S.C. 2026, c. 4)

131 Subsection 5(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

132 Section 6 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1.02):

133 The Act is amended by adding the following after section 15.2:

• 134 (1) Paragraph 16(2)(b.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (b.1) a member or employee of, or a person retained by, a police service who consults information at a registration centre designated under the National Defence Act to verify compliance by a sex offender who is subject to the Code of Service Discipline — or who is an officer, or non-commissioned member, of the primary reserve as defined in section 227 of the National Defence Act — with an order or with an obligation under section 490.019 or 490.02901 of the Criminal Code, section 227.06 of the National Defence Act or section 36.1 of the International Transfer of Offenders Act;

• (2) Subsection 16(2) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (c):

  • (c.1) a member or employee of, or a person retained by, the Canada Border Services Agency who consults the information in order to exercise the functions or perform the duties assigned to them under an Act of Parliament;

• (3) The portion of paragraph 16(4)(c) of the Act before subparagraph (i) is replaced by the following:

  • (c) unless the disclosure is to a member or employee of, or a person retained by, a law enforcement agency and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the disclosure will

• (4) Subparagraphs 16(4)(c)(i) to (iv) of the English version of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • (i) assist them in the investigation of an offence under section 17 or in the laying of a charge for such an offence,

  • (i.1) assist them in the verification of the sex offender’s compliance with section 5,

  • (ii) assist them in the prevention or investigation of a crime of a sexual nature, an offence under section 119.1 of the National Defence Act, an offence under section 490.031 or 490.0311 of the Criminal Code or an offence under either of those provisions that is punishable under section 130 of the National Defence Act or assist them in the laying of a charge for such an offence,

  • (iii) assist them in the investigation of a criminal offence or a service offence, as defined in subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act or in the laying of a charge for such an offence, as long as the investigation or charge results from an investigation referred to in subparagraph (ii), or

  • (iv) assist them in obtaining a warrant under subsection 490.03121(1) of the Criminal Code and executing the warrant;

• (5) Subsection 16(4) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (c):

  • (c.1) unless the disclosure is made to a victim of or witness to a crime of a sexual nature by a member or employee of, or a person retained by, a law enforcement agency who received the information under paragraph (c) and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the disclosure will assist in the investigation of the crime;

  • (c.2) unless the disclosure is to a department or agency of the Government of Canada or of a provincial, territorial or municipal government in Canada or to an Indigenous governing body and there are reasonable grounds to believe that the disclosure will assist in the prevention or investigation of a crime of a sexual nature;

• (6) Paragraphs 16(4)(j.1) and (j.2) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • (j.1) unless the disclosure is to a member or employee of, or a person retained by, a law enforcement agency outside Canada and there are reasonable grounds to believe the disclosure will assist them in the prevention or investigation of a crime of a sexual nature;

  • (j.2) unless the disclosure is to the Canada Border Services Agency, it is limited to the information referred to in paragraphs 5(1)(a), (b), (i) and (j) and there are reasonable grounds to believe that it will assist a member or employee of, or a person retained by, a law enforcement agency in the prevention or investigation of a crime of a sexual nature or an offence under section 490.031 or 490.0311 of the Criminal Code or in the laying of a charge for such an offence;

135 Section 17 of the Act is replaced by the following:

136 The English version of the Act is amended by replacing “gender” with “sex” in the following provisions:

• (a) paragraph 5(1)(b);

• (b) subparagraph 8(a)(vi);

• (c) paragraph 8.1(1)(g); and

• (d) paragraphs 8.2(1)(f) and (2)(g).

R.S., c. 1 (2nd Supp.)Related Amendment to the Customs Act

137 Subsection 107(5) of the Customs Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (l.3):

PART 12Review

Marginal note:Review by committee

• 138 (1) At the start of the fifth year after the day on which this Act receives royal assent, a comprehensive review of the operation and effect of the amendments made by this Act must be undertaken by the committee of the Senate, of the House of Commons or of both Houses of Parliament that is designated or established for that purpose.

• Marginal note:Report to Parliament

  (2) The committee must, within one year after the review is undertaken, submit to the House or Houses of Parliament of which it is a committee a report that includes a statement setting out any changes to the Acts amended by this Act that the committee recommends.