Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will be sharing my allotted time with Mr. Doherty.
Thanks to the witnesses for being with us today.
I find your remarks a bit complicated. It is never a simple matter to deal with the departments. This is very much an immigration matter, but, in view of the massive influx of francophone refugees, do you have the capacity to integrate them to the same degree as immigrants? Immigrants choose to come to Canada, but that is not the case of refugees.
Do you use the same approach? Is a portion of the $900 million earmarked for refugees and minority communities?
Earlier you talked about a situation at the airport. I want to say something on that subject. A Syrian arrived in Quebec, in my region of Boischatel. However, he only spoke English. Upon arriving at Montréal-Trudeau international airport, he asked to be transferred to an anglophone province, but his request was denied. I would like to know why we refuse this kind of request from people who do not really speak the majority language of a given province. Why do we refuse to allow them to go to a particular place?
It is their choice, even though they are refugees. I would like to know whether you use the same approach with immigrants and refugees. Representatives of organizations have told us this is difficult. I would like you to explain to me how it works.