Citizenship and Immigration Committee on April 26th, 2022

[The Chair, Liberal, Salma Zahid]

It will be within 30 days after I table the report in the House. It is clear everyone? Okay.

Can we please take the vote?

(Amendment as amended agreed to: yeas 6; nays 5)

Now we have the main motion as amended, which was proposed by Mr. Brunelle-Duceppe, on the floor.

Can we vote on the motion as amended?

[Sukh Dhaliwal, Liberal, Surrey—Newton, BC]

I think there might be unanimous consent, Madam Chair.

[Garnett Genuis, Conservative, Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB]

Let's do a roll call.

[The Chair, Liberal, Salma Zahid]

Madam Clerk, can you please take the vote on the motion as amended?

(Motion as amended agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])

Thanks to all the members for today's meeting. Because we have a hard stop at one o'clock—we don't have the services available—we cannot go to the in camera portion now.

For Thursday, our next meeting, what I am proposing is that we start with committee business, because we have to discuss the travel options—the proposals have to be submitted before May 6—and then we go into the consideration of the draft report. We will park the drafting instructions for this report for now, because we have to get this report completed. If members agree, the notice can be issued.

Go ahead, Ms. Kwan.

[Jenny Kwan, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

Can you provide clarification for committee members on when officials will come before the committee on the last motion that was passed? That's for us to ask questions related to systemic racism within IRCC and to receive undertakings from the committee members.

[The Chair, Liberal, Salma Zahid]

The clerk has been in touch with the officials and we are trying to schedule that meeting. It will either be the 3rd or the 4th. We are trying to have an additional meeting, so that meeting with the officials will be either May 3 or 4.

As soon as we can confirm that we have the ability to have an additional meeting, we will confirm and let all the members know.

[Jenny Kwan, NDP, Vancouver East, BC]

I have one further question for the clerk. With respect to the current study that we are doing right now, we received the summary of evidence from the clerk's office. When do we expect that report to be drafted?

[The Chair, Liberal, Salma Zahid]

For that, first we have to give the drafting instructions. Earlier, we proposed that we will do it on Thursday. Today, because we were not able to go through the consideration of the draft report on acceptance rates for the international students, I am proposing that we deal with that report first on Thursday, so we can complete it and table it in the House. Then we will come....

The clerk is in touch and will let me know about the meeting with the officials and whether it is May 3 or 4. Once I have confirmation of that and whether we can have the additional meeting, I will work on the calendar for the upcoming meetings, and we can inform members. I think I will be in a position to inform members by Thursday.

Go ahead, Mr. Brunelle-Duceppe.

[Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Bloc, Lac-Saint-Jean, QC]

Thank you for everything.

I also want to thank all committee members for the great meeting we had today.

Could Madam Clerk possibly send us the new wording of the motion that was just voted on?

[The Chair, Liberal, Salma Zahid]

We will get the translation for the final version, and then we will circulate it to all the members.

Is it the will of the committee to adjourn the meeting?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Salma Zahid]

The meeting is adjourned.