title: Immigration Regulations, 1978, amendment (SOR/88-537), 17 October 1988.
abstract: This amendment gives permanent residents who have completed three years' residence in Canada the same right as Canadian citizens to sponsor the immigration of their parents as family class members.  Previously such a resident could sponsor a parent only if the parent was over 60 years old, infirm, or widowed.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D002170:Canada; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005843:Geography; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012111:Residence Characteristics
keywords: Americas; Canada; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Family Policy; Geographic Factors; International Migration--legal aspects; Legislation; Migration; North America; Northern America; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Resident Status--legal aspects; Social Policy; Spatial Distribution