Ramez Ayoub at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On November 9th, 2017. See this statement in context.

November 9th, 2017 / 11:30 a.m.

Liberal

Ramez Ayoub Liberal Thérèse-De Blainville, QC

Thank you Mr. Chair.

I would like to talk about the targeted admission of 300,000 immigrants in the coming years.

A total of $196 million has been requested to date in 2017-18 to support the targeted admission of 300,000 immigrants in 2017. As stated on page 1-12 of the 2017-18 Supplementary Estimates (B), the RCMP is requesting $347,367 to support biometric screening and identification of immigrant applicants.

How many immigrants have been admitted to Canada in each of the last three calendar years, and in the 2017 calendar year to date? How many of them were refugees? What is the total amount of funding requested by the RCMP for the targeted admission of 300,000 immigrants?

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