Evidence of meeting #7 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was immigration.
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Conservative
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NDP
Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC
I do have a point of order.
Mr. Dykstra asked the witness a question—why he came here—and asked about his immediate family. The witness is starting to answer, and as soon as he starts answering he gets interrupted.
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Conservative
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
Actually, you did. It's a valid point of order. Let the witness finish.
Mr. Zhang, you can continue with what you're saying.
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Coordinator, Sponsor our Parents
Thank you.
The reason I'm only talking about the issue of parents and grandparents is that I'm speaking on behalf of the Sponsor our Parents group. Our group is focusing on this class.
We understand that Canada has an interest in bringing skilled workers to backfill vacancies in the workforce. But family reunification is very important to new immigrants. I think the government should give us a choice of which family members we want to sponsor. It could be a child, a spouse, or parents. But eliminating or capping the parent category is not a solution, we believe.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative David Tilson
The time is up. I'm afraid that's it, Mr. Dykstra.
Mr. Zhang, Professor Sweetman, Mr. Bohbot, thank you for the contribution you've made. It's a difficult subject that we're into. You have contributed to it, and we thank you for it.
Thank you very much for coming.
This committee is adjourned.
