Citizenship and Immigration Committee on Sept. 27th, 2016

Evidence of meeting #29 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was families.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Federal Governmentâs Initiative to Resettle Syrian Refugees to Canada

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Mustafa Hajji Mousa As an Individual

Abdulbari Hajmusa As an Individual

Benhaz Azad Director, Language, Settlement and Social Services, University Settlement

Jennifer Miedema Refugee Sponsorship Chair, Compass Community Church

4:35 p.m.

NDP

Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC

Sorry, Mr. Chair, before you do that, I wonder if I could get a clarification from the clerk's office.

The two witnesses who are brothers, is that one family who is presenting, or are they separate families?

I'd just like to get a clarification because it wasn't clear.

4:35 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj

Mr. Tabbara, perhaps you could provide some clarification for us.

4:35 p.m.

Liberal

Marwan Tabbara Liberal Kitchener South—Hespeler, ON

The two brothers are from a family of six.

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NDP

Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC

Combined as one family.

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Liberal

Marwan Tabbara Liberal Kitchener South—Hespeler, ON

Combined as one family.

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NDP

Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC

So in the household they live in—

4:35 p.m.

Liberal

Marwan Tabbara Liberal Kitchener South—Hespeler, ON

There are six people in total.

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NDP

Jenny Kwan NDP Vancouver East, BC

There are six people and they're all part of one family.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj

Thank you.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj

Thank you.

We will now suspend for two to three minutes and return in camera to deal with committee business.

[Proceedings continue in camera]