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After a week that saw a scathing auditor general's report find the federal Immigration Department has failed to act on fraud in its international student program, a major bill reforming immigration powers is now law in Canada.

Ottawa hopes to bring immigration under control but social advocates see legal battles ahead

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Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab, left, responds to a question as she is joined by Joel Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement and Québec Lieutenant, back right, and Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety, right, in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 23.…