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Canadian Immigration and
Citizenship Indexing Terms

December 2002


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Papadorgiogakis decision
  FRA:  Décision Papadorgiogakis
  SN:   In this Federal Court decision Associate Chief    
        Justice Thurlow viewed residence as actual        
        presence in Canada with the execption of short    
        vacations or other temporary absences such as     
        pursuing a course of study abroad (and always     
        returning home for school breaks).                
  UF:   Thurlow

Parental consent
  FRA:  Consentement des parents

Parliamentary committees
  FRA:  Commission parlementaire

Participation
  FRA:  Participation

Partridge Island
  FRA:  Partridge Island

Passports
  FRA:  Passeport

Penitentiary
  USE:  Detention facility

Pension plans
  FRA:  Plan de pension
  USE:  Pensions

Pensions
  FRA:  Pension
  UF:   Pension plans

People smuggling
  USE:  Human trafficking

People with disabilities
  USE:  Persons with disabilities

Perceptions
  FRA:  Perception

Performance bonds
  FRA:  Garantie de bonne exécution

Permanent residence
  FRA:  Résidence permanente

Permanent resident card
  FRA:  Carte de résident permanent
  UF:   Maple Leaf Card
        PR Card
        PRC

Permanent resident fee
  USE:  Right of permanent residence fee

Permanent resident visas
  FRA:  Visa de résident permanent
  UF:   Immigrant visas

Permanent residents
  FRA:  Résident permanent
  UF:   Landed immigrants

Persecution
  FRA:  Persécution

Personal development
  FRA:  Développement personnel

Personal information
  FRA:  Renseignements personnels

Personal narratives
  FRA:  Récit personnel

Personnel management
  USE:  Human resource management

Persons in need of protection
  FRA:  Personne protégée
  UF:   Protected persons

Persons with disabilities
  FRA:  Personne handicapée
  UF:   Disabled persons
        Handicapped persons
        People with disabilities
        Physically challenged

Photographs
  FRA:  Photographie

Physical abuse
  USE:  Violence

Physical health
  FRA:  Santé physique

Physical impairments
  USE:  Disabilities

Physical presence
  FRA:  Présence physique

Physically challenged
  USE:  Persons with disabilities

Pier 21
  FRA:  Quai 21

PIL
  USE:  Primary inspection line

Pink transmission copy
  FRA:  Copie de transmission rose
  SN:   Use to describe the document employed under the   
        Canadian Citizenship Act to confirm citizenship   
        for the Canadian Passport Office.  This document  
        is not a proof of citizenship.                    

Place of domicile
  FRA:  Lieu de domicile

Plural nationality
  USE:  Dual citizenship

Points of service abroad
  FRA:  Point de service à l'étranger

Points system
  FRA:  Système de points d'appréciation
  UF:   Selection grid

Police
  FRA:  Police

Police certificates
  FRA:  Certificat de police

Policy
  FRA:  Politique

Policy development
  FRA:  Élaboration des politiques

Policy documents
  FRA:  Document politique
  SN:   Use for the approved documents and statements     
        issued by governments or political parties        
        outlining their policies.  For specific policies, 
        use this heading in conjunction with the subject  
        area in question.                                 

Policy evaluation
  USE:  Policy review

Policy implementation
  FRA:  Mise en oeuvre d'une politique

Policy manuals
  FRA:  Guide de politique

Policy review
  FRA:  Examen des politiques
  UF:   Policy evaluation

Political activities
  USE:  Politics

Political attitudes
  FRA:  Opinion politique
  SN:   Use for the attitudes, opinion or values about    
        government or political party actions and         
        practices.                                        

Political life
  USE:  Politics

Political participation
  FRA:  Participation politique
  SN:   Use for the participation of individuals or groups
        in the political activities of a country.         

Political prisoners
  FRA:  Prisonniers politiques

Political rights
  USE:  Civil rights

Political violence
  FRA:  Violence politique

Politics
  FRA:  Vie politique
  UF:   Political activities
        Political life

Population
  FRA:  Population

Population changes
  FRA:  Changement démographique

Population concentrations
  USE:  Enclaves

Population decline
  FRA:  Déclin de la population

Population distribution
  FRA:  Répartition de la population
  UF:   Distribution of population

Population growth
  FRA:  Croissance démographique

Population movement
  FRA:  Mouvement de population
  SN:   Use to describe population movement within a      
        country.                                          
  UF:   Internal migration

Population policy
  FRA:  Politique de population
  SN:   Use for a course or method of action deliberately 
        chosen that guides or influences decisions on     
        population matters. Use for outlining, discussing 
        or proposing changes to policy.  For actual       
        statements issued by political parties or         
        governments, use both this heading and 'Policy    
        documents'.                                       

Population research
  FRA:  Recherche sur la population

Population studies
  USE:  Demography

Ports of entry
  FRA:  Point d'entrée

Positive discrimination
  USE:  Affirmative action

Post-dated applications
  FRA:  Demande post-datée
  SN:   An application is post-dated when the Minister    
        receives the application before the date indicated
        on the form.                                      

Post-war immigration
  FRA:  Immigration de l'après-guerre
  SN:   Use to describe the influx of immigrants following
        the end of World War II.                          

PR Card
  USE:  Permanent resident card

PRC
  USE:  Permanent resident card

Pre-removal risk assessment
  FRA:  Évaluation des risques avant le renvoi
  UF:   PRRA

Pre-trial custody
  FRA:  Détention avant la tenue du procès

Prejudice
  USE:  Discrimination

Presiding officers
  FRA:  Président de cérémonie de citoyenneté

Press
  USE:  Newspapers

Press coverage
  FRA:  Couverture par la presse

Pressure groups
  FRA:  Groupe de pression

Primary examination
  FRA:  Premier interrogatoire

Primary inspection line
  FRA:  Premier interrogatoire au point d'entrée
  UF:   PIL

Prison
  USE:  Detention facility

Prisoners of war
  FRA:  Prissoniers de guerre

Privacy
  FRA:  Vie privée
  UF:   Access to Information and Privacy
        ATIP

Private sponsorship
  FRA:  Réfugiés parrainés par le secteur privé

Probation
  FRA:  Probation

Procedural fairness
  FRA:  Équité procédurale

Processing fees
  FRA:  Droit exigible pour le traitement d'une demande

Professional development
  FRA:  Développement professionnel
  UF:   Career development

Professional qualifications
  FRA:  Qualifications professionnel

Professions
  FRA:  Profession

Profiles
  FRA:  Profil

Program evaluation
  USE:  Evaluation

Prohibition
  FRA:  Interdiction

Proof of citizenship
  FRA:  Preuve de citoyenneté
  SN:   Proof of citizenship is a citizenship certificate.
        The term is also used to refer to the process of  
        clarifying status and/or obtaining a citizenship  
        certificate.                                      
  UF:   Citizenship status
        Claim
        Claim to citizenship
        Clarification of status
        Confirmation of status

Proof of parentage
  FRA:  Preuve de filiation
  UF:   Evidence of birth

Proof of status documents
  FRA:  Documents prouvant le statut

Propaganda
  FRA:  Propagande

Protected persons
  USE:  Persons in need of protection

Protected persons classes
  FRA:  Catégories des personnes protégées

Provincial nominee class
  FRA:  Catégorie de candidat d'une province

Provincial Nominee Program
  FRA:  Programme de candidat d'une province

PRRA
  USE:  Pre-removal risk assessment

Public administration
  FRA:  Administration publique
  UF:   Government administration
        Government operations

Public expenditures
  FRA:  Dépenses publiques

Public finance
  FRA:  Finances publiques
  SN:   Use for all forms of general public expenditure.  
        For funding of specific programs and services use 
        'Government funding'.                             
  UF:   Government finance

Public health
  FRA:  Santé publique

Public libraries
  FRA:  Bibliothèque publique

Public opinion
  FRA:  Opinion publique

Public opinion polls
  FRA:  Sondage d'opinion
  UF:   Opinion polls
        Opinion surveys

Public property loan regulations
  FRA:  Règlement sur le prêt de biens publics

Public rights administration
  FRA:  Administration des droits du public
  SN:   Use for activities, including requests and        
        complaints, relating to the processing of         
        information under the Access to Information Act or
        subject to privacy legislation.                   

Public service
  FRA:  Fonction publique
  SN:   Includes all levels of government.                
  UF:   Civil servants
        Civil service
        Federal employees
        Federal government employees
        Federal public service
        Government employees

Publications
  FRA:  Publication

Publishing
  FRA:  Édition

Puebla Process
  FRA:  Processus de Puebla
  SN:   The process seeks to improve regional co-operation
        to address irregular migration originating in and 
        transiting Central America.  It may also be used  
        as an umbrella term to denote Canada's development
        and delivery of its immigration control and       
        enforcement strategy for the Central American     
        region.

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