Mr. Matt de Vlieger at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On November 17th, 2014. See this statement in context.

November 17th, 2014 / 4:25 p.m.

Acting Director General, International and Intergovernmental Relations, Department of Citizenship and Immigration

I could start and my colleague can follow up.

I think for low-income individuals there is a range of supports through the tax system federally or provincially—low-income tax credits, GST rebates—a large range of benefits that would apply to all Canadians. It would be variable in terms of the benefits that are available to foreign nationals.

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