Mr. Speaker, when former prime minister Harper took over, there was a massive backlog in the parent and grandparent category that they took over from the Liberals, around 150,000 people. We were left with the mess that they left. It was the same thing in every single category. What we actually did was put a temporary pause on the parent and grandparent application process, and then we cleared the entire backlog. He is standing here and trying to say that everything was rosy under a Liberal government and then, somehow, things changed. I know I am not allowed to use certain words in this place but what he is saying is worse than categorically false.
In the House of Commons on September 19th, 2025. See this statement in context.