Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, first I will address the mistake the member made. He said it takes two years to get a work permit. It actually takes three months. Clearly, we can do more, but we need to be factual in the House of Commons. If I am hearing the member correctly, I understand that he

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I think that maybe three months is all in his head. We are talking about the same families that are lining up at the overrun food banks in Parc-Extension and elsewhere. These families are enduring years of hardship because federal government delays are preventing th

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, to answer the member of the Bloc Québécois, over the past few months, we have shortened existing wait times, and we can do even better. From what I am hearing, the member wants to move toward regularization, so I expect the Bloc's support when we introduce a bill to

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, that means he would have to listen, not just read off a sheet of paper. This morning, Quebec's immigration minister said that Quebec is still taking in too many asylum seekers and that the federal government needs to spread them out across Canada. First of all

Finance committee  That's very sound advice. In the Canadian Association of Public Health Dentistry's 2020 submission to the committee, your organization stated, “people of lower socioeconomic status, immigrants, Indigenous populations, the working poor, and the elderly make fewer visits

The Budget  ; it is also fundamental for the individual litigants before the courts. There is a criminal legal aid package in this budget that includes $440 million over five years. There is also immigration and refugee legal aid. Unfortunately, since the provinces have wholesale resiled from

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   in the lurch. Is the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship planning to fix this situation right away?

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I would ask the member to come see me later to discuss the situation in person. Obviously, people who have to apply for a visa need to do so from Mexico. That is the rule. If exceptions need to be made, he can come and see me and we can discuss them together.

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the great member for Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles. Whether one is an immigrant to this country like myself, or has lived here throughout one's life, it is really hard not to feel like Canada is not the same Canada anymore

Information & Ethics committee   to you a report with respect to immigration files, with a possible solution there whereby the government can provide information otherwise than having people have to submit access requests. That's going to reduce the number of complaints that come to me and will give me more time

The Budget  Madam Speaker, this is the same housing minister who lost track of one million immigrants when he was the immigration minister. This is the same housing minister who unleashed absolute out-of-control chaos in our immigration system, not according to me but according to his

Finance committee   they would have liked because of the lack of suitable housing, which has consequences. When such housing becomes available, one might think that demand is likely to come solely from demographics, i.e., immigration and normal household formation. However, there is also this demand that has

The Budget   in the last seven years. Literally hundreds of thousands of homes are waiting to be built, but are locked up in slow permitting processes. What do we have as a solution? The Prime Minister has taken the worst immigration minister in our country's history, the guy the Prime Minister

Official Languages committee   shortage crisis. The next generations will pay the price if we don't try to find a solution. I would like to address the international students issue. In your opinion, should Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the federal government recognize and accommodate the needs

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fifth report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages entitled “Openness to the International Francophone Community: Optimizing Francophone Immigration to Canada”, which suggests ways to increase