Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister, pursuant to section 4 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, assented to on November 1, 2001, being chapter 27 of the Statutes of Canada, 2001, hereby designates the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, as the Minister responsible for the administration of that Act, effective December 6, 2001.
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