Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Very quickly, I'm going to give notice of a motion that we will debate on another day. I would like the committee to devote as much time as possible to the witnesses.
So I would like to introduce the following motion:
That the committee invite the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs to appear as soon as possible, together for two hours, to answer the committee’s questions concerning migrant trafficking and smuggling and the measures the government intends to implement to put an end to these illegal activities that exploit vulnerable people and compromise their safety.
We will discuss this later, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, witnesses. Welcome to the committee and thank you for being here.
Early last year, a meeting was held involving you people from RATTMAQ, me, my team, that of MP Joël Lightbound and the minister's office concerning a situation that alarmed us: you had suddenly received a number of refusals of applications for open permits for vulnerable workers.
Has that situation been resolved? Did you find out what happened?