Citizenship and Immigration Committee on March 23rd, 2026

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

—because you guys keep censoring me.

[The Chair, Liberal, Julie Dzerowicz]

Ms. Rempel Garner—

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

Why don't you let her fail, as you guys talked to the CBC about?

[The Chair, Liberal, Julie Dzerowicz]

Ms. Rempel Garner, thank you. I want to maintain order and decorum.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

It's so embarrassing, on behalf of the Liberals.

[The Chair, Liberal, Julie Dzerowicz]

You are not being censored. I'm going to start the clock now if you want to continue with your questions.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

Did you tell your colleague Patty to take a flying leap when she said that Tim Hortons should get more temporary foreign workers after the job numbers came out last week? Why aren't those jobs going to Canadian workers, and why are you guys kowtowing to Tim Hortons?

[Lena Metlege Diab, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

That was a lovely performance, as usual. Thank you for the question.

We have a letter from many Conservative members who have written to me, to Minister Hajdu and to another minister requesting those changes. In fact, they were pleading that those changes be required in their province.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

That's right. They were pleading to end the temporary foreign worker program and replace it with a stand-alone program for agriculture.

[Lena Metlege Diab, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

That's absolutely not the case.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

It is, and I know that for a fact.

[Lena Metlege Diab, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

That's absolutely not the case. You were not copied on those letters. We have them.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

Actually, I was, and I saw them, and now you're misleading the committee.

[Lena Metlege Diab, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

Well—

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

Would you like me to read that to you, or would you like to say that was a performance too?

I get it. Your colleagues have to cover for you. They go to the CBC to say they can't talk to you. You don't talk to your colleagues and the ministers about serious issues like this. That's a problem.

[The Chair, Liberal, Julie Dzerowicz]

You have one minute.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

I'm going to ask you this. You were supposed to be here for two hours today. Why are you leaving at the one-hour mark? Is it because you can't handle basic questions like this? Why aren't you fighting for Canadian kids' jobs?

[Lena Metlege Diab, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

That's exactly what we do day in, day out.

[Peter Fragiskatos, Liberal, London Centre, ON]

I have a point of order, Chair.

[Lena Metlege Diab, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

I fight for them as the minister. The government is fighting for them.

[The Chair, Liberal, Julie Dzerowicz]

On a point of order, I have Mr. Fragiskatos.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

I have a point of order. He is now—

[Lena Metlege Diab, Liberal, Halifax West, NS]

It's best that you start fighting for them as well.

[Michelle Rempel, Conservative, Calgary Nose Hill, AB]

I have a point of order.

[The Chair, Liberal, Julie Dzerowicz]

Hold on, Ms. Rempel Garner.