Canadian Immigration and
Citizenship Indexing Terms

December 2002

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MAH
  USE:  Master agreement holders

Mail order brides
  FRA:  Mariage par correspondance

Malfeasance
  FRA:  Méfait

Mandate
  FRA:  Mandat

Mandatory citizenship test questions
  FRA:  Question obligatoire de l'examen pour l'obtention
        de la citoyenneté
  SN:   In August 2001 a change in the citizenship test   
        marking methodology was implemented to ensure     
        compliance with Section 15 of the Citizenship     
        Regulations.                                      
  UF:   Mandatory questions

Mandatory employment-related costs
  FRA:  Charges sociales obligatoires de l'employeur
  UF:   MERC

Mandatory questions
  USE:  Mandatory citizenship test questions

Manpower
  USE:  Labour force

Manpower centres
  USE:  Employment centres

Manuals
  FRA:  Guide

Maple Leaf Card
  USE:  Permanent resident card

Marginalisation
  FRA:  Marginalisation

Marine boundaries
  USE:  Boundary waters

Maritime immigration procedures
  FRA:  Traitement des demandes d'immigrants arrivés
        par bateau

Marriage
  FRA:  Mariage

Marriage certificates
  FRA:  Certificat de mariage
  UF:   Certificates of marriage

Marriages of convenience
  FRA:  Mariage de convenance
  SN:   Use for marriages which have been entered into for
        the sole purpose of obtaining a permanent resident
        visa.  For marriages which have been entered into 
        with or without the consent or acquaintance of the
        marriage partners due to cultural traditions, use 
        'Arranged marriages'.                             
  UF:   Non bona fide marriages

Mass communications
  USE:  Media

Mass media
  USE:  Media

Master agreement holders
  FRA:  Signataire d'entente-cadre
  UF:   MAH

Matching centre
  FRA:  Centre de jumelage

Maximum slippage objective
  FRA:  Objectif d'écart maximal

McKenna decision
  FRA:  Décision McKenna
  SN:   In 1998, the Federal Court of Appeal determined   
        that the Citizenship Act contained a distinction  
        between natural-born children and adopted children
        in regard to the obtaining of citizenship. This   
        distinction was found to be discriminatory because
        it requires permanent residence of a child legally
        adopted by a Canadian citizen, while a child born 
        to a Canadian outside Canada is a citizen from    
        birth. As a result, an interim measure has been   
        developed allowing persons legally adopted by     
        Canadians and residing outside Canada to apply for
        a special grant of citizenship under subsection   
        5(4). See CP 01-05 for more information.          

Media
  FRA:  Médias de masse
  UF:   Mass communications
        Mass media

Mediation
  FRA:  Médiation

Medical examination
  FRA:  Examen médical
  USE:  Medical screening

Medical loans
  FRA:  Prêt au titre de la visite médicale

Medical officers
  FRA:  Médecin agréé

Medical practitioners
  FRA:  Médecin

Medical screening
  FRA:  Examen médical
  UF:   Health check
        Medical examination

Medical surveillance
  FRA:  Surveillance médicale

Medicine
  FRA:  Médecine

Memoranda of understanding
  FRA:  Protocole d'entente
  UF:   MOU

Mental health
  FRA:  Santé mentale

Mental health services
  USE:  Health care system

MERC
  USE:  Mandatory employment-related costs

Metadata
  FRA:  Métadonnées

Methodology
  FRA:  Méthodologie

Métis
  FRA:  Métis

Metropolis Project
  FRA:  Projet Metropolis

Migrant smuggling
  USE:  Human trafficking

Miniature certificates
  FRA:  Mini-certificat
  SN:   Miniature certificates of citizenship have been   
        issued since 1954 but were optional until the     
        Citizenship Act of February 15, 1977. Since       
        February 15, 1977 the miniature certificate of    
        Canadian citizenship has been the official        
        document for proof of citizenship. The miniature  
        is a small, laminated photo card.                 

Minimum necessary income
  FRA:  Revenu vital minimum

Minister's permits
  USE:  Temporary resident permits

Ministerial appeals
  FRA:  Appels interjetés par le ministre

Ministerial interventions
  FRA:  Intervention ministérielle

Minor grants
  FRA:  Attribution de la citoyenneté à des mineurs
  SN:   As per 5(2)(a) of the Citizenship Act.            

Minorities
  FRA:  Minorité
  UF:   Minority groups

Minority groups
  USE:  Minorities

Minority language rights
  USE:  Language rights

Minors
  FRA:  Mineur
  SN:   For immigration purposes use to describe a person 
        who has not reached the age of majority in the    
        province of residence and is therefore not legally
        considered to be an adult.  In various provinces  
        minors are under 18 or 19 years of age.           
        For citizenship purposes use to describe anyone   
        under the age of 21 under the Canadian Citizenship
        Act or Naturalization Act.  Use to describe anyone
        under 18 years of age under the Citizenship Act.  

Mixed marriages
  FRA:  Mariage mixte

Mobility rights
  FRA:  Liberté de circulation

Modern war crimes
  FRA:  Crimes de guerre contemporains

Modern War Crimes System
  FRA:  Système sur les crimes de guerre contemporains
  UF:   MWCS

Monitoring reports
  FRA:  Rapport de contrôle

Mortality
  FRA:  Mortalité

MOU
  USE:  Memoranda of understanding

Multicultural broadcasting
  FRA:  Radiodiffusion multiculturelle
  UF:   Ethnic broadcasting

Multicultural education
  FRA:  Éducation multiculturelle

Multicultural press
  FRA:  Presse multiculturelle
  UF:   Ethnic press

Multicultural radio
  FRA:  Radio multiculturelle
  UF:   Ethnic radio

Multicultural research
  FRA:  Recherche multiculturelle

Multicultural television
  FRA:  Télévision multiculturelle
  UF:   Ethnic television

Multiculturalism
  FRA:  Multiculturalisme
  SN:   The policy which supports and promotes the        
        existence of a number of distinct cultural groups 
        within Canada.                                    

Multilingualism
  FRA:  Multilinguisme

Multiple applications
  USE:  Lost applications

Multiple citizenship
  USE:  Dual citizenship

Municipal government
  USE:  Local government

MWCS
  USE:  Modern War Crimes System

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