Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   on the issue of irregular migration. We are responsible on this file. We have invested, as part of budget 2018, $173 million for border security operations, and $74 million for the IRB for faster processing of refugee claims. What is scandalous is that the Harper Conservatives cut $390

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   that there is adequate responsibility and investments in border protection and in the processing of asylum claims. What that party did when it was in government was to irresponsibly cut $390 million from CBSA. It is very rich for that member to talk about border operations when the Conservatives cut

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   seekers so we minimize the impacts on provincial social services. What is irresponsible is Conservatives cutting funding for CBSA and pretending that they care about the border. What is irresponsible is cutting funding for the IRB and refugee processing. What is irresponsible

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the member opposite is on record as having called on us to make investments to deal with the issue of irregular migration. We have listened, and what we have done? We have invested—

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   security when it cut almost $400 million from the CBSA, jeopardizing the same border security that its members are complaining about now. We will put our record up against the Conservatives' record any day.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   that refugee claims can be heard faster. The Conservatives do not have that record. Their record is they left us with a massive backlog in asylum claims at the IRB. Their record is they left us with fewer border security operations as a result of cutting almost $400 million from CBSA

Business of Supply  . That is precisely why we are investing the appropriate resources into our border security agencies, with a further investment of $173.2 million announced in budget 2018. While the Conservatives like to talk a good game on border security, their record is abysmal. In fact, the Harper

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  , it was against making investments to protect vulnerable people; it was against making investments to secure our border, and it was against making investments to fast-track refugee processes. When we decided to make those investments, the Conservatives voted against them. They voted against

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   is the opposition members can run from their record, but they cannot hide.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   to be removed faster. In fact, the members opposite are on record, calling for more resources to be put into refugee processing. I hope they can join us because that is exactly what we are doing.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   reunification, and so on. The Conservatives have an abysmal record.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, the member opposite should not speak about courage and border security in the same sentence, because the Conservatives cut $400 million from border security. They did not respond to refugees and asylum seekers when they were in power. They did not invest

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   absolutely no credibility on this issue. What have the Conservatives proposed? They have proposed turning the entire 9,000-kilometre border into an official port of entry without extra resources. They have even suggested that we commandeer a barn at a port of entry. They are not serious.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, the member opposite is a classic example of that party's efforts to pit one group of immigrants against another. That is exactly what the Conservatives are doing. The member opposite knows full well that refugees and asylum seekers are processed

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, the Conservatives showed contempt for legitimate immigrants. Live-in caregivers provide a valuable service to Canadians. How long did they have to wait in line to rejoin their families under that party? It was five years. Spouses had to wait almost three years