Alexandre Boulerice at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On February 17th, 2022. See this statement in context.

February 17th, 2022 / 5:10 p.m.

NDP

Alexandre Boulerice NDP Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, QC

That's perfect.

I would now like to ask Mr. McLinton a question.

Mr. McLinton, you mentioned the problem of labour shortages. You are not alone in facing this problem, as it is widespread throughout Quebec and Canada. Part of the answer is immigration, as you mentioned. We in the NDP agree with that.

However, what troubles me is the processing time for files sent to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. For the past two years, the department has slowed to a crawl, hasn't been meeting deadlines...

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