加拿大擬立法禁止多配偶者移民該國

The government's Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act was introduced in the Canadian Senate on Wednesday.

In an online statement, the Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said the bill sends "a strong message: early and forced marriages, honor-based violence, & polygamy will not be tolerated in (Canada)."

If Parliament approves the bill, it would create a provision in the country's immigration laws that would allow authorities to deport temporary and permanent residents who practice polygamy in Canada - without the need for a criminal conviction.

Alexander said there are at least hundreds of immigration cases that could be affected by the law.

The proposed legislation would also ban forced marriages, set a minimum age for marriage at 16 and limit possible defenses in "honor" killings and many spousal murders.加拿大政府這一立法議案名爲《零容忍野蠻文化行爲法案》，該法案週三在加拿大參議院提上議事日程。

加拿大移民部長亞歷山大發表在線聲明說，這一議案發出有力信號，那就是：加拿大不允許早婚、強迫婚姻、出於好心的暴力婚姻以及多配偶制婚姻。

如果議會批准該項法案，加拿大移民法中將出現這樣一個條款，允許當局把那些在加拿大搞多配偶制的臨時和永久居民驅逐出境，而不必經過刑事定罪。

亞歷山大說，起碼有好幾百個移民個案可能受到該法案的制裁。

這項提交討論的法案，禁止強迫婚姻，規定結婚者最低年齡不得小於16歲，還有就是限制爲基於榮譽或好心的殺人案和殺害配偶案辯護。