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Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I listened carefully to the speech by my colleague from Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound. This member has first-hand experience in this area, compared to most of us. We have not experienced what he has, so when he speaks to an issue like this one, we should listen to what he
April 5th, 2022House debate
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, flights must be chartered to bring Ukrainian refugees to Canada. According to Michael Shwec, president of the Quebec council of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, the organization thinks that would be a good thing. Imagine a mother who winds up in Poland with her two
March 31st, 2022House debate
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, let us come back to the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, which was asked yesterday what more the Canadian government could do to help. The answer was this: Relax the visa application process and help with travel. Send planes to bring these good people to Canada. Right no
March 31st, 2022House debate
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the government announced measures to expedite the processing of Ukrainian refugees. That responds in part to the Bloc Québécois's demands, but there is an elephant in the room. The most important element is missing, and that would be the planes. Even tho
March 30th, 2022House debate
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, that is a partial answer to an administrative problem. It is not an answer to the human problem. There are families who need to get out. They have fled the war, but not everyone can afford three or four plane tickets. Hearing that their file has been processed is no
March 30th, 2022House debate
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are the only ones saying that this is going well. At some point, a reality check is needed. The government is failing. It does not currently have the resources in eastern Europe to look after refugees from Ukraine. However, it does have the resources he
March 29th, 2022House debate
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel is a failure that is slowing the arrival of Ukrainian refugees in Quebec and Canada. The government needs to arrange to airlift them out and deal with the paperwork once they are safely here. The government can en
March 29th, 2022House debate
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, that is not good enough for us, and it is not good enough for Ukrainians. This is day 34 of the war, and we cannot spend any more time getting bogged down in the paperwork. Border services officers can deal with that once Ukrainian families are here. They are already
March 29th, 2022House debate
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan for his excellent speech. He will surely remember that the minister said that it would take 12 weeks before IRCC could lift the visa requirement and adapt its computer system. What does that say about that
March 29th, 2022House debate
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said before the European Parliament that we cannot abandon Ukraine. However, today, Radio‑Canada confirmed that his government is abandoning Ukrainians. He is plunging them into endless administrative chaos, which is preventing them
March 28th, 2022House debate
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, how can it be that, after 33 days of war, there is just one centre in Poland, yes, one, where refugees can give their biometrics? How can it be that, after 33 days, all refugees can do is refresh a website that keeps crashing in the hopes of snagging an almost-imposs
March 28th, 2022House debate
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, that is not reassuring in the least. Three weeks ago, the Bloc Québécois asked the government to do better. The situation has evolved since then. The minister's plan to welcome Ukrainian refugees is, by all accounts, a failure. It has gotten to the point that people
March 28th, 2022House debate
Foreign Affairs Mr. Speaker, as we speak, more than half the children in Ukraine have fled the war. In all, 4.3 million children have left their homes. They are either elsewhere in Ukraine, hoping the Russian troops will not catch up with them, or they are in refugee camps. Today we do not want
March 24th, 2022House debate
Foreign Affairs Mr. Speaker, the government's refusal to airlift people out is problematic in two ways. On the European side, millions of refugees are stuck in camps because there is no room for them on planes or because they simply cannot afford flights. On our side, in Montreal alone, 40 tonn
March 24th, 2022House debate
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, that answer is no longer acceptable. Although we are used to hearing hollow answers from the minister in the House, hollow answers are unacceptable to the Ukrainian women and children trapped in Poland without a penny to their names. The minister has no right to tel
March 23rd, 2022House debate