Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On March 5th, 2014. See this statement in context.

March 5th, 2014 / 4 p.m.

NDP

Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe NDP Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC

Thank you.

I would now like to talk about the cut to operational spending of roughly $14 million. There is a new program, which was previously under the responsibility of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. Regardless, there is a planned cut to operational spending, if I am not mistaken. Could you maybe confirm that?

How can we expect the department to take on more responsibilities if it is faced with a reduction in operational spending?

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