Finance committee  .” At that point, governments are going to be in a very difficult situation, as Greece found itself in 2015.

Finance committee   is all well and good, but it is worth remembering that during financial crises such as in 2008 or government fiscal crises such as gripped Greece in 2015, social policy was quickly put aside for the larger imperatives of stabilizing the economy and government finances. We cannot take

Citizenship and Immigration committee   the border from the U.S. Those asylum seekers, plus all the refugees resettled under formal processes, amount to a very small per capita number when set against the large flows seen recently in countries like Germany or Greece, let alone countries like Lebanon or Turkey. There are three

Oxi Day  Mr. Speaker, on October 28, Hellenic communities across Canada and around the world will come together to celebrate Oxi Day. On the night of October 28, 1940, the then prime minister of Greece, Ioannis Metaxas, was given an ultimatum by Benito Mussolini: give Italy free passage

Human Resources committee  . Currently, there are 45 countries whose governments have recognized their national sign languages, including Ireland, Greece, Scotland, Italy, Mexico and New Zealand. Canada is not on this list. Such recognition in Canada would ensure the removal of barriers and ensure equal access

Citizenship and Immigration committee  . The Province of Ontario, the Province of Quebec, the City of Toronto, the City of Montreal say, “You caused all this, Mr. Prime Minister; you pay.” They have paid some, but not enough. It reminds me of the migrants that come across the Mediterranean, particularly to Italy and Greece, where

Citizenship and Immigration committee   and Greece. Of course, there are a number of member states who successfully implemented what they promised. There are others who unsuccessfully performed. There are others who actually brought the European Union member states as institutions to the European Court of Justice, saying

Citizenship and Immigration committee  , in one first place. Otherwise, if those fingerprints weren't taken, they would not be stored, and then the asylum shopping might start. Now it is addressed in a far more comprehensive way. It is done in Greece and done in Italy for all who arrive. Then it is just the agreements

Citizenship and Immigration committee   of all, if we look at the eastern Mediterranean route, which is the link between Turkey and Greece, either the land border or the sea border, we see that most probably the highest number of people come from Syria. That was the case in 2015 and in 2016. Nowadays there is a certain

Procedure and House Affairs committee  , Belgium, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, and a whole bunch of others. I don't know if Samara, which we have all referenced and used quite a bit, have testified on Bill C-76. Did they?

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, this is not about any one party's position on free trade with China; it is about our sovereignty to negotiate those kinds of deals. The Liberals also sold us out on our exchange rate policy, on our central bank policy. As Greece has found out, if we do not control

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe some of the families that are in Canada, some of whom arrived through sponsorships and some whom arrived through UNHCR from Turkey and Greece, are not all included in that program, the 1,200. That being said, yes, there are about 3,000 survivors in IDP camps

Citizenship and Immigration committee   they will be better protected. I agree that this is a severe problem. I visited just before the summer the Moria camp on Lesbos. In Europe, the UNHCR did a study on women and girls who faced sexual abuse passing through Greece, and one quarter of them faced these violations inside the camps

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Those are the ones in northern Iraq, but the ones in Turkey or Greece are UNHCR refugees, if I understand.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is correct, but the majority of Yazidis are in IDP camps in Iraq. As I mentioned, about 350,000 Yazidis are in IDP camps. Only about 6,000 Yazidis are in Turkey, Greece, Lebanon and Jordan, as refugees. On your other question, especially for the Yazidi survivors—the women