And a bill pending in the Senate would restore a rule that counts half of students' time spent studying in Canada toward the period of residency required for citizenship.

此外，一项有待参议院批准的议案将恢复一项规定，把学生在加拿大留学时间的一半算在获得公民身份所要求的居住时间里。

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The senate has almost the same powers as Canada's House of Commons, except on money bills, but because its members have little democratic authority, it rarely contradicts the Commons.

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And just one week ago, the deputy head of Canada's spy agency, the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service, Jack Hooper, told a Senate committee here that only a fraction of immigrants from high-risk areas were being properly screened.

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