Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have a number of questions to ask as well.
Mr. Chair, in January the Prime Minister told a public town hall that there would be packages and compensation for employees who chose not to relocate to Edmonton when the Department of Immigration and Citizenship shuts the doors on the case processing centre in Vegreville, Alberta, next year, but we now know that the department has no intention of offering packages and compensation. They're giving employees only one choice, and that's to move out of Vegreville, or they'll be laid off.
The department is refusing to offer the package and compensation allowed under the employees' collective agreement. IRCC's harmful actions are completely different from how most departments treat their employees when relocation is involved.
Does the minister agree with his department?