Mylène Freeman at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On March 19th, 2013. See this statement in context.

March 19th, 2013 / 10 a.m.

NDP

Mylène Freeman NDP Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, QC

I have a final question.

So we are talking about 60 or so permanent residents who, if they are serving with our armed forces, we can imagine that they want to become Canadian citizens. But at the moment, there is a tremendous backlog in citizenship applications.

Do you think that this measure will have a real effect on the people it is targeting, given the backlog that currently exists?

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