Mr. Matt de Vlieger at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

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

November 17th, 2014 / 3:50 p.m.

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

I think it was put in place to facilitate primarily interprovincial mobility, the ability of people to move from province to province and have their benefits stay relatively stable. I don't think it was contemplating foreign nationals at that time.

My colleague might like to follow up on that.

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