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Environment committee it was overwhelmed by refugees from the Syrian civil war. We are already having trouble in Canada aligning immigration policy with our own domestic housing and expanded infrastructure deficits. We now see that we have our own climate refugees. By some estimates, as many as 200,000 Canadians were
April 9th, 2024Committee meeting
Robert Sandford
Finance committee part is that we are actually, in our express entry immigration system, prioritizing construction workers. Can you talk about how important both of these elements are to our moving forward on the construction that we need, particularly in housing, across this country?
April 9th, 2024Committee meeting
Julie DzerowiczLiberal
Finance committee uncertain, we'll have a challenge. There are a lot of different ways in which we can address that challenge and I think the investment tax credits are a big part of that with mandatory apprenticeship requirements. I think we need to look at ways that we can leverage the immigration
April 9th, 2024Committee meeting
Sean Strickland
Business of Supply did it for immigration targets. We asked that the federal government meet with Quebec and the other provinces. However, there were no lies in our preamble. We asked for a meeting on targets, policies and health transfers, but the facts in the preamble to the motion were true
April 9th, 2024House debate
Jean-Denis GaronBloc
Official Languages committee that Manitoba's francophone community is growing and that this growth is the result of francophone newcomers from all over the world. As you know, our committee has been heavily involved in studying immigration. It has also been looking at what needs to be brought to the attention
April 8th, 2024Committee meeting
Niki AshtonNDP
Official Languages committee Thank you for the question. It's always a battle, but we work very hard to ensure the sustainability of our community. Today's growth is more due to immigration. So that's a very important element for us. We have several bilingual municipalities, as well as a francophone school
April 8th, 2024Committee meeting
Angela Cassie
Health committee marginalized groups, affecting almost half of immigrant and indigenous women. In light of this, it's unsurprising that suicide is a leading cause of maternal deaths in Canada. Early identification is key to improved outcomes. When caught early through universal standardized screening
April 8th, 2024Committee meeting
Dr. Catriona Hippman
Questions on the Order Paper with this National Action Plan, broken down by those (i) who identify as Indigenous, (ii) who identify as Black or racialized, (iii) who are immigrants or refugees, (iv) who are Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, plus people (2SLGBTQI+), (v) with disabilities, (vi
April 8th, 2024House debate
Leah GazanNDP
Questions on the Order Paper With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC): (a) has IRCC outsourced the processing or review of any case files to the private industry in the past five years; (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, (i) what is the total amount spent on such outsourcing
April 8th, 2024House debate
Ted FalkConservative
Questions on the Order Paper Mr. Speaker, IRCC does not contract out or outsource processing to the private industry. Therefore, IRCC does not have any information to provide for this question.
April 8th, 2024House debate
Paul ChiangLiberal
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns -identified as Black or racialized, (iv) status as immigrant or refugee (v) those self-identified as Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, plus (2SLGBTQI+), (vi) those living with a disability, (vii) those living with a substance use disorder, (viii) those
April 8th, 2024House debate
Leah GazanNDP
Housing to build housing. We are talking about the same government that lost control of immigration, that caused the ArriveCAN scandal, that cannot pay its own employees through Phoenix, that caused an unforgettable passport crisis and that cannot manage its own borders. Imagine. This same
April 8th, 2024House debate
Alain TherrienBloc
Privilege Post; Citizenship and Immigration; DND; Natural Resources; Export Development Canada; the Privy Council Office, the Prime Minister's own department, which came second in complying behind McKinsey; Atomic Energy of Canada; Canada Development Investment Corporation; Employment
April 8th, 2024House debate
Kelly McCauleyConservative
Public Accounts committee If I understand your question, the work was such that every single time there was a new order in council, a policy change under the Quarantine Act, I think you can probably imagine the pressure that put not only on the Public Health Agency, but on the border services—immigration
April 4th, 2024Committee meeting
Lydia Lee
Public Accounts committee , in paragraph 1.24. It identifies that $53 million was the estimate for the OAG for the public health component, with a further $6.2 million included for the customs and immigration declaration. We recognize that in year one we did not have the information available to us, so those were
April 3rd, 2024Committee meeting
Jonathan Moor