An Act to establish the Office of the Ombud for the Department of Citizenship and Immigration and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts

Bill C-212 in 45-1 was a Conservative Private Member's Bill establishing the Office of the Ombud for the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, the second 45-1 attempt (alongside Bill C-399 with the same proposal) at federal immigration accountability. The Immigration Ombud would handle public complaints about IRCC processing decisions, application backlogs, and procedural-fairness issues. IRCC processed approximately 1.7 million permanent-residence and temporary-residence applications in 2024 with a backlog of approximately 1.9 million case files at various stages per IRCC data. Companion to 44-1 Bills C-362 + C-399. The federal Liberal-government framework relies on internal IRCC Client Service Officers; the Conservative-CPC framework seeks an external independent ombud. Did not pass second reading.