Mr. Speaker, Canada currently has a moratorium on the return of foreign nationals to certain countries where there are generalized risks to the safety of individuals. Some such people have been in Canada for a number of years, existing in a legal limbo that deprives them of many fundamental goods and services and prevents them from leading a normal life.
It appears very difficult for many such foreign nationals to obtain permanent residence, which they so desperately want.
Their precarious situation causes them considerable distress and suffering and the Bloc Québécois is calling for speedy action.
Let us work together on developing a system that would make it easier to grant permanent residence to everyone who has been in Canada for more than three years and who is from a country that is under a moratorium.