Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On February 26th, 2014. See this statement in context.

February 26th, 2014 / 3:55 p.m.

NDP

Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe NDP Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you all for joining us.

I have a few specific questions about the new conditional permanent residence status for sponsored spouses.

First of all, do the victims have to provide evidence of some sort of abuse so that they are not sent back to their country if the couple does not stay together for more than two years?

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