Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, let us talk about Yazidi refugees. The Conservatives brought a grand total of three Yazidis to Canada. We have brought 1,400 Yazidi survivors of violence to Canada, and we are encouraging private sponsors to bring even more. Let us talk about private sponsored

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, in order to meet the generosity of Canadians, we have increased the private sponsored refugee program spaces to 18,000. That is our record. The Conservative could not do it. We are getting it done.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   available for Canadians to sponsor their parents and grandparents, we have cut the backlog that we inherited from the Harper Conservatives by 80% and we have introduced a more fair application process. The Liberal government continues to deliver an immigration system that works for all

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, international adoptions must always protect the safety and well-being of the children, as well as comply with the laws of both countries. Harmonizing these laws can be challenging, but the Harper Conservatives did not conduct enough consultations to make sure

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   by investment. We will not opine, of course, on specific proposals in the context of an election, but at the same time, we will continue to work with the Province of Quebec to build on the great record of collaboration we have had with the Government of Quebec. In fact, I met just

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Brampton South for her strong advocacy on this issue. As members know, we have quadrupled the number of spaces available in the private sponsorship of refugees program as compared to the Conservatives. This has allowed us to reduce

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   with integration and settlement. Only a Conservative with a broken immigration record would find a problem with our sharing our best practices with the world. When it comes to making sure that we export the privately sponsored refugee program or our success with economic immigration, we

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, our record speaks for itself: faster processing of spousal sponsorships, reuniting more families than ever before, making sure that we invite people to become Canadian citizens when they have contributed so much to this country. What is despicable is the record

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   the Conservatives, we believe the world needs more Canada.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   to develop a comprehensive set of principles to better manage this phenomenon. It is disappointing to see the Conservatives and Maxime, the member opposite, engage in peddling Rebel Media conspiracy theories while we work with the international community to protect our robust immigration

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, on critical, failed records, under the Harper Conservatives, Canadians only had 5,000 spaces to sponsor parents or grandparents. We have increased that to 20,000. We have 20,000 spaces now that allows Canadians and permanent residents to sponsor their parents

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, it is amusing to watch the Conservatives pretend to care about family reunification because, under their watch, parents and grandparents were stuck in a backlog of 167,000 people and had to wait seven to eight years to reunite with their family members. We have

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the facts speak for themselves. This is the Conservative position on parents and grandparents. The Conservatives described parents and grandparents as a “burden” on the federal government in terms of financial support. They have described parents and grandparents

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I am really amused that suddenly the member opposite has found some sort of light in her enthusiasm for family reunification. However, family reunification was never the Conservatives' priority. Families had to wait between seven to eight years to join their loved

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship   have slashed the wait times. It used to take seven to eight years to sponsor parents and grandparents. We have listened to Canadians, and we continue to improve the program. We are proud of our record, and we will continue to reunite families.