The way that we came here 22 years ago was by what's called early admission, because my husband had moved from El Salvador, where there was a civil war, to Guatemala. We were lucky that the consul from the Canadian embassy was in El Salvador and took him to Guatemala. Then they moved the whole family to Canada, and we finished all our process here in Canada. It took us two years to get our permanent residence in Canada. We have a minister's permit, and that's why we were saying that as a way of paying back, we have the refugee centre to which we welcome women and children.
On May 3rd, 2012. See this statement in context.