minister's permit
Canadian
noun
A special permit issued by the office of the Immigration Minister, allowing a person not otherwise eligible to do so to enter Canada and remain there for up to three years.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in The Globe and Mail.
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- car parking
- Carpathian Mountains
- carpe diem
- carpel
- carpellary
- Carpentaria, Gulf of
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- carpenter bee
- carpenter trousers
- carpentry
- carper
- carpet
- carpet bag
- carpetbagger
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- carpet-bomb
- carpet-fitter
- carpeting
- carpet knight
- carpet moth
- carpet muncher
- carpet python
- carpet shark