Ms. Eugénie Depatie-Pelletier at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On April 14th, 2008. See this statement in context.

April 14th, 2008 / 2 p.m.

Research Associate, Canada Research Chair on International Law of Migration, University of Montreal, As an Individual

You're entirely right. I'll try to be brief.

Ultimately, for tens of years now, the federal government's official excuse has been that this matter is a provincial jurisdiction. When asked the question, the provincial immigration departments don't even know what temporary workers are.

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