Citizenship and Immigration committee   imposed on Hong Kong Pathway applicants of up to 21 months; that over 8,000 applications are still waiting to be processed; that Hong Kongers in Canada are freedom-loving people and keeping them in limbo is wrong; that the committee call on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Citizenship and Immigration committee   so that they don't fall out of status. Many people were at risk of that, and as we know, when people fall out of status they're here illegally, and that would have implications for any immigration streams to which they might want to apply at a later date. It leaves a black mark

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  . People are leaving Canada. Immigrants come to our country and realize it is impossible to afford a life, and oftentimes leave and take their skills elsewhere. The Liberals admitted their failures in a statement, so there is no backtracking anymore. It has been nine years of abject

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will repeat the language. After the words “Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to immediately”, strike out the word “begin”. Then, we add in the word “automatically”. Then, we strike out the word “processing”. Then, the word “renewals” becomes “renew”, and we strike

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1   in the 1970s, when we had half the population. The most incompetent immigration minister in history, who is now the housing minister, was told by his own department two years ago that if the government followed through with its policies, the already existing housing crisis would get worse

Citizenship and Immigration committee   that the immigration department, Global Affairs and the Canadian Forces all launched their own internal investigations into these activities. This motion is just to enable us as parliamentarians to get the most up-to-date information from Global Affairs Canada on their investigation. We'll see

National Defence committee  I think that dual-use technologies would mean that they could be used for both civil and military purposes. We're increasingly seeing the opportunities for dual use. In space, we've talked about earth observation, which we use for climate change, climate detection, immigration

National Defence committee  ? This is supports for colleges and universities, and immigration policies that might help us to ensure the labour force you require in the short, medium, long term is here for the companies that are driving innovation here in Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee   letter to George Young, acknowledged receipt of Senator McPhedran's email and shared the names of the vulnerable Afghans with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada no later than 30 days following the adoption of the motion. Mr. Chair, I'm moving this motion today because we

Foreign Political Interference, Violence or Intimidation   of foreign actors to travel to Canada. Effective screening, refusal or cancellation of immigration documents are important defences against foreign interference. This motion would help protect our democratic institutions and would raise awareness around rising forms of intimidation

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yesterday in the House of Commons one of our parliamentary colleagues called on the Minister of Immigration to answer a question about an intervention he made on behalf of a person who was supposed to be deported by the Canada Border Services Agency

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to applications received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, since January 1, 2016, and broken down by type of application: (a) how many applicants were deemed inadmissible pursuant to (i) paragraph 34(1)(b), (ii) paragraph 34(1)(c), (iii) paragraph 34(1

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, we continue to work hard to get people out of Gaza. Yes, over 100 visas have been issued. People are travelling to Canada. We continue to push to get people out. Obviously, Canada does not control exits at Rafah. If people manage to get to Cairo, they can go through

Bill C-20 An Act establishing the Public Complaints and Review Commission and amending certain Acts and statutory instruments

of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness as an officer under subsection 6(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act , who, in performing their normal duties, is or was required to interact with the public; or (c) is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident , as defined

Finance committee   with a big surge in immigration. Many of those immigrants are entering the rental market. We've seen a big increase particularly in non-permanent residents. That is putting a lot of additional pressure on the rental market. Rent inflation is around 8%.