Evidence of meeting #9 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was continue.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Deputy Minister, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Yes. I am happy to say again that we do not consider CERB to be social assistance for the purposes of immigration, so that should not affect applications.
Liberal
Han Dong Liberal Don Valley North, ON
Thank you.
Can you give us an overview or an update on what we are doing abroad in taking in different kinds of visa applications.
Deputy Minister, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Our missions remain open abroad. A lot of our staff has been assisting colleagues at Global Affairs in repatriating Canadians on those flights. However, what is a patchwork abroad is our visa application centres. Some may be open for only very limited functions such as biometrics. Others are closed altogether. That's a big patchwork across the country. Our missions, however, remain open.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sean Casey
Thank you, Mr. Dong.
Thank you, Ms. Tapley.
We are at the appointed hour. I would like to thank the witnesses very much for being here and for providing the information that they have.
I also want to thank my colleagues. This was a very productive meeting where everyone stuck to their time. That is greatly appreciated.
With that, the meeting is adjourned. We will see you on Friday.
Thanks, everyone. Enjoy your weekend.