Ms. Claudette Deschênes at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On April 13th, 2010. See this statement in context.

April 13th, 2010 / 5:05 p.m.

Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations, Department of Citizenship and Immigration

I'm not sure that all the facts were there, so I'd have to go back and check. We did check about being on welfare, and we confirmed that it's not a bar forever. You have to repay the welfare before you can sponsor, so if you have been on welfare—

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