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Public Safety Madam Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to address the ongoing concerns of foreign interference in Canada. Canada is a country with open political systems, democratic processes, social cohesion, academic freedoms and prosperity. Although there are many reasons why peop
June 15th, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Madam Speaker, I want to clarify a few points for the member. First of all, I think that, collectively, all members of the House are generally concerned about the situation that has arisen over the last few months. I can assure the member opposite that several members on the sid
June 15th, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Madam Speaker, I want to thank the member for his questions because they allow me to share some news and to validate some of the concerns that he expressed with today's announcement by the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, which addressed these concerns around th
June 15th, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, IRCC uses artificial intelligence, AI, technology for purposes of advanced analytics to triage client enquiries and to identify routine and straightforward applications for faster processing within the programs of temporary resident visa for visitors, visitor records
June 14th, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Events in Orléans Mr. Speaker, it has been a busy week in Orléans and our surrounding communities. Last Sunday, I had the honour of attending the Balaji Kalyanam, an important spiritual celebration for the Hindu community in Orléans and in our national capital. June 3 was also a busy day. I start
June 13th, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, IRCC undertook an extensive preliminary search to determine the amount of information that would fall within the scope of the request to provide details of the tables provided in annex A in response to Order Paper question Q-1146 broken down by category and country o
June 9th, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, IRCC, undertook an extensive preliminary search in order to determine the amount of information that would fall within the scope of the question and the amount of time that would be required to prepare a comprehensive res
June 9th, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, certainly I want to reiterate to this House that the resettling of Afghans remains our very top priority. These Afghans have worked side by side with the Canadian Armed Forces in our mission in Afghanistan to promote peace and democracy in this region. Let me be ver
June 9th, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear that we have zero tolerance for racism or discrimination of any kind. That is why we are already hard at work to address racism and create real, lasting change. We created the anti-racism task force. We continue to provide training to address u
June 9th, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his question, because I think we collectively agree that this is unacceptable and we are seized with this situation that these international students are facing. Our focus is to make sure that we identify the perpetrator of this fraud and preve
June 8th, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
2SLGBTQI+ Rights Mr. Speaker, as we celebrate pride in Canada, Uganda passed one of the toughest draconian laws in the world, making it the 12th country to enact the death penalty against LGBTQI persons. Today, Canada is honoured to welcome Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Frank Mugisha, executive
June 7th, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, I have to say that I will not take any lessons from the members of the official opposition on immigration cases. What I will say to the House, though, is this: We want to ensure that those who are not responsible for fraud will have an opportunity to demonstrate thei
June 6th, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Madam Speaker, I can assure the member opposite that we take these allegations of fraud very seriously. For these students—
June 2nd, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Madam Speaker, opposition members may want to listen to the answer. I can assure the member opposite that we take these allegations very seriously. For these students who may have been victims of fraud, we want to make it clear: They can benefit from full due process. We are als
June 2nd, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Madam Speaker, I want to say to those victims that I was a member of the provincial government, actually the former solicitor general, when these incidents happened. We collectively, as Canadians, stand very firm on the tragic loss of these wonderful young men who perished. I can
June 2nd, 2023House debate
Marie-France LalondeLiberal