Don Davies at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On October 18th, 2011. See this statement in context.

October 18th, 2011 / 12:25 p.m.

NDP

Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC

I just want to come back to understand this number.

In 2006 the government inherited a backlog of 850,000. It's now grown to one million, five years later. But in that time you have cut the backlog in skilled workers, and you testified today that family class applications have declined. Then where is the increase coming from that has led to the backlog?

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