Olivia Chow at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On May 13th, 2008. See this statement in context.

May 13th, 2008 / 5 p.m.

NDP

Olivia Chow NDP Trinity—Spadina, ON

So that would be rolling out later on. It would be the first time.

In terms of the 2006 budget, on the immigration section alone the budget is $244.8 million. It's now down to $164.86 million in the main estimates for 2008-09. That's a cut of 49%, according to my math. How much was transferred and how much was cut?

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