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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the previous government in terms of bringing refugees to Canada. We are proud of our record. We will stand on our record, and we are proud of the fact that Canadians continue to be generous to those seeking protection. Our operation
January 31st, 2017House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
U.S. Decision Regarding Travel Ban with these partners our experiences, our lessons learned, and our overall approach to the challenges of refugee resettlement. For example, in December, Canada hosted the launch of the global refugee sponsorship initiative, which aims, in part, to offer up, as an example to other countries, our
January 31st, 2017House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship government had. We will take no lessons from those parties on our record. We are proud of record, and we will continue to support Canadians in their extraordinary generosity to those who are seeking protection.
February 9th, 2017House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the previous government when it comes to identifying, welcoming and being compassionate to those most vulnerable, as well as refugees in need of resettlement. We work very closely with the UN refugee agency to ensure that we continue
February 10th, 2017House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, the international community has consistently praised Canada for its compassionate, responsible, and generous refugee program. We will take no lessons from the previous government on issues around refugees and immigrants. In fact, by lifting the Mexican visa
March 8th, 2017House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship abroad, which is double what that party and that member committed to, and 16,000 privately sponsored refugees, which is almost quadruple what that party and that member committed to. We will take no lessons on refugee resettlement from that member and that party.
June 20th, 2017House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship , and CBSA, were able to move nimbly and quickly enough to address the situation. When that party was in government it did not respond to the largest humanitarian crisis at the time. It was mean enough to cut refugee health care. We will never take lessons on refugees from that party.
September 26th, 2017House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Daesh, vulnerable women, the most vulnerable refugees in the world, the party opposite voted against that measure. When the time came to invest in CBSA, the party opposite voted against that measure. We will take no lessons from the Conservatives on this issue.
April 18th, 2018House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, that is the party that cut refugee health care, the people who are the most vulnerable in our society, a measure that the Federal Court of Canada called cruel and unusual punishment. We will take no lessons on refugee response. We are working very closely
April 18th, 2018House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship . We have no lessons to take from the Conservatives on this issue.
May 8th, 2018House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship . Live-in caregivers who provided services to Canadian families, under that party, under the Harper Conservatives, had to wait five to seven years to sponsor their family members. We have cut that down to 12 months. We will take no lessons from the Harper Conservatives.
May 8th, 2018House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Business of Supply reunification privately sponsored applications, and we made sure that we had the necessary wraparound supports once these individuals got here. From the lessons we have learned through this experience, we have made sure to provide further funding in our immigration levels planning. As part
May 24th, 2018House debate
Ahmed HussenLiberal
Citizenship and Immigration committee are insulated by three oceans, but we have a southern border and that is something that we are experiencing this year. In terms of what we are doing to adapt, the lessons we learned from the influx last year we were able to put into a national contingency plan that is regionally specific
May 29th, 2018Committee meeting
Ahmed HussenLiberal