Business of Supply   that were left to us by the Harper Conservatives. We understand the importance of reuniting families, which is why we have brought down the processing times for spouses and live-in caregivers.

Business of Supply   reduced processing times. We are the government that continues to reunite families. We are the government that has eliminated backlogs left to us by the Harper Conservatives. We understand that investment follows talent. We have redoubled the number of resettled refugees from

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, if spending more money on border security operations and faster processing of refugee claims is doing a bad job, then I am guilty as charged. The fact is that we are making the necessary investments, after the horrendous cuts made by the Harper Conservatives

Business of Supply  Mr. Chair, the hon. member is actually speaking about the record of her party when it was in office. It was the Harper Conservatives who had really bad wait times for refugees. It was the Harper Conservatives who had really bad wait times on allocations for privately sponsored

Business of Supply  . Therefore, we have a good track record, not only in increasing the number of refugees that we resettle into Canada, but also in the processing time. The fact is that the Harper Conservatives had unlimited intake but very limited output, which resulted in huge backlogs that we inherited

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, at the end of the day, our record speaks for itself. If we look at the record of the Harper Conservatives, they kept families apart for years. They kept live-in caregivers away from reuniting with their families for five to seven years. They kept refugee numbers

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the Harper Conservatives kept families apart for years. They kept live-in caregivers apart from their families for years. They have recently discovered their compassion for refugees by lecturing us, even though they cut health care for refugees. They have recently

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.

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, only the Harper Conservatives would talk about border security after they cut almost $400 million from border security operations. Only the Harper Conservatives would pretend to care about compassionate treatment of refugees after they cut refugee health care

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the Harper Conservatives would not know what compassion is if it hit them in the face. The Harper Conservatives cut $400 million from border security operations, and they pretend to care about the border. The Harper Conservatives kept families apart, with spouses

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the Harper Conservatives never understood a very simple thing about immigration, that investment follows silence. They did not make the necessary investments in immigration processing. Let us stick to the numbers. Under that party, parents and grandparents had

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   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