Citizenship and Immigration Committee on June 14th, 2017

Evidence of meeting #67 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 immigrants.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

James Ted McDonald Professor of Economics, University of New Brunswick

Kevin Lacey Director, Atlantic, Canadian Taxpayers Federation

Craig Mackie Executive Director, Prince Edward Island Association for Newcomers to Canada

Alex LeBlanc Executive Director, New Brunswick Multicultural Council

Sarah Parisio Coordinator, Fédération des francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador

Liberal

Bobby Morrissey Liberal Egmont, PE

—specifically in Prince Edward Island would be in jeopardy without the complement of foreign workers to allow these companies to run efficiently?

Executive Director, Prince Edward Island Association for Newcomers to Canada

I don't think there's a competition there. I think they go together.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj

Thank you.

I'd like to thank the witnesses for their testimony, their insights, and their patience today.

With that, the meeting will suspend for a couple of minutes to move in camera to continue work on our draft report.

[Proceedings continue in camera]