The Government of Canada has amended the rules governing Canadian passports to address concerns for both the safety of children and passport misuse. Refusal, cancellation or revocation of a child's passport is permitted when it is deemed in the child's best interest to prevent travel. An example of this would be in so-called "Amber Alert" cases, when a child disappears and there is concern for his or her safety.
Refusal / revocation for misuse
The new rules also give Canada's Immigration Minister the right to refuse or revoke the passport of a person who allows someone else to use it.
"Prior to the current amendment, there was no explicit authority to allow passport refusal or revocation in cases where an individual facilitates the misuse of a passport issued to someone else .
“The Minister may refuse to issue a passport to a person if he or she has reasonable grounds to believe that the person facilitated the use of a passport by a person other than its bearer.”
