Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I hope that does not take away from my time allocation.

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, will the minister waive the refugee determination requirements for Afghan refugees as the government has done for the Syrian refugee initiative?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, that was not the question. It was about refugee determination. I know that the minister did not answer the question. Either she does not know the answer or she is refusing to answer it. My next question is this. If they are not able to obtain a refugee determination

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, again, the minister did not answer the question. Many Afghan interpreters and their families, human rights activists, women and girls are in a dire situation as they are not able to secure visas, or renew passports or other travel documents. Will the Canadian govern

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, the minister is refusing to answer or even touch on any of the issues that I am asking of her. Has the cabinet approved the 40,000 Afghan refugee target announced by the Prime Minister?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, that is not even one-tenth of what the government said it would bring in. Have the cabinet approved the 40,000 target that has been announced?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, have any of the caps on refugee admissions been met this year?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, these are fairly straight-up questions for the minister. I do not know why she is avoiding answering any of them. Can the minister tell us if the current immigration levels can accommodate the 40,000 Afghan refugee target?

Poverty  Mr. Speaker, food bank use in Canada climbed 20% with the pandemic and topped 1.3 million monthly visits. It is the largest increase since the 2008 recession. With the clawback of the GIS and the Canada child benefit, and the elimination of COVID emergency benefits, food banks

Housing  Madam Speaker, I am sorry, but the fact is that the Liberal government has promised this for four years and it has not delivered. It is not even in the throne speech. He mentioned the need for a for indigenous by indigenous urban, rural and northern housing strategy. The measures

Housing  Madam Speaker, my riding of Vancouver East has the third largest urban indigenous community in the country. We also had the largest homeless encampment in this country. That encampment has now been taken down, but people are still homeless on the streets and I see tents everywher

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would like to extend a big thanks to all the military men and women here in Canada who put their lives at risk every day to protect us. With respect to the Afghan mission and the people left behind, we are in a situation where many people are in desperate strai

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the truth of the matter is that this problem has been escalated between successive governments. The Harper administration, from 2009 to 2011, did offer an immigration stream for Afghan interpreters. However, with that program there were very specific requirements.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, my question for the parliamentary secretary is this. Would the government be willing to waive the refugee determination requirement for Afghan refugees, as it has done under the Syrian refugee initiative?

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, some of the messages the member read out are not dissimilar to the ones I have received. The messages from IRCC and GAC in response really shocked me, because essentially they were stock answers that told people to please go away. They did not provide a resolution