Marc Miller

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, December 17th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, caregivers are extremely important to this country, as is the care they provide to our most vulnerable. We are still tracking to launch this and clearly this is a priority of the government. This is on track. We may have some modifications to make, but this is still a high priority of the government.

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, December 12th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, every five years we review the funding model for the settlement services to welcome newcomers, to make sure they learn English, to make sure they learn French, to integrate them to a new country and to help them to overcome trauma. This is something we can be very proud of as a country. Obviously, this year we have reduced the levels of people we are welcoming to the country. That comes with some cuts and some readjustments, but clearly, this is a sector that is critical to the integration of newcomers. We will continue to fund it generously and continue to help people integrate to this beautiful country that is the best in the world.

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, December 9th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the member seems to be forgetting recent history, and specifically the renewed visa requirements for Mexican nationals. The Bloc Québécois itself claimed victory on this issue. We have been tightening up the immigration system for the past year, and the fact is, it is working.

It is important to note that, since November, the number of border crossers being intercepted at the north-south border has hit an all-time low. We will continue this important work to ensure our border is secure.

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, December 9th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, if I understand correctly, my colleague wants me to take immediate action here, on the floor of the House of Commons, without informing the United States.

Of course, we are concerned about border security. We will continue to strengthen and guarantee border security.

I hope the Bloc Québécois will support the reforms to the asylum system that we will be proposing in the near future, because the last time we proposed such reforms in May, the Bloc Québécois refused to support them and even said no, despite the Government of Quebec's pleas.

The Bloc members need to be more consistent.

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, December 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, we introduced reforms to Canada's asylum system back in May. We know it is necessary.

What did the Conservatives do? They did absolutely nothing. They spend their time making up rhymes and puffing out their chests, trying to look tough. They are doing absolutely nothing. When it is time to take action, they do absolutely nothing. They just sit back and do nothing.

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, December 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I guess “broken border” was too dumb to reuse today, so the Conservatives tried something else. One cannot make this up.

We proposed a set of asylum reforms in May as part of the last budgetary exercise while we were putting money into the Immigration and Refugee Board to increase processing. What did the Conservatives do? They voted against it.

It was the same thing last week when they voted against a tax break, the thing they have been harping about for well over a year. These guys, I will say again, are all flannel and no axe.

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, December 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, it comes down to this: Do we trust the guy who renegotiated NAFTA with Mr. Trump, the guy who secured the border during the pandemic of the century and the guy who went down to President-elect Trump's playing field to fight for Canadians to secure the border, or do we trust the guy who spent 20 years making up interesting rhymes and spent 20 years securing one and only one thing, his own paycheque and a bloated pension?

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, December 2nd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, again, we see a member of the House constantly making things up.

We are very concerned about any foreign agent working in Canada, whether it is as part of any purported terror. The enforcement agencies in our country work diligently to clamp down on these people, to arrest them, to bring them to justice or to kick them out of the country. We will continue to do so.

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, December 2nd, 2024]

Madam Speaker, while the Leader of the Opposition was in his basement figuring out what rhyme to put up on Twitter to express his displeasure with the government, the Prime Minister of Canada was meeting with Donald Trump, our most important partner. That is responsible.

At the same time, when the Leader of the Opposition is not doing that in his basement, he is skipping around the greater Toronto area promising everyone and anyone visas to this country, and promising not to deport them. That is not responsible. That is not serious. We plan to be serious.

[Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, December 2nd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, this is from the gleeful authors of the barbaric practices snitch line. That was their approach to immigration when they last had a chance. We have been very serious with President-elect Trump about our intention to secure the border. It is something we clearly intend to do. They have an opportunity to do a number of things and that is to support any asylum reform we put in front of the House. I encourage them to break their silliness in the House and to do so.