Ways and Means  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 83(1), I wish to table two notices of ways and means motions to amend the Income Tax Act. Pursuant to Standing Order 83(2), I ask that orders of the day be designated for consideration of these motions.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, we have been working very hard on these files. We held a press conference with my counterpart in Quebec and the hon. member for Bourassa. We offered a simplified process and a loan with an interest rate of less than 1%. The hon. member for Bourassa spoke in Creole

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, I can say that we are addressing this issue of these Conservative-imposed rules that are causing some trouble. I am hoping to have a response in September. I could also say, on the international students, that we want to court international students. We have rever

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, accessibility and equality among our two official languages are extremely important to us. We received yesterday's report and will give it very serious consideration. We have already taken action in favour of francophones outside Quebec through our francophone signif

Government Expenditures  Mr. Speaker, we did make a commitment to Canadians to be open and transparent. Quite the opposite of what the member just said, it was nine long months ago that we recorded this expense through proactive disclosure. I discovered only yesterday that we had entered the expense unde

Government Expenditures  Mr. Speaker, I will not claim a perfect memory either, but I would certainly say it is entirely appropriate that when one hires a staff person or a consultant and the person is in Thailand, yes the government pays for the transport of that individual to Ottawa and for the relevan

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, I would like to table, in both official languages, a supplementary answer to Order Paper Question No. 258

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-6 adheres to our fundamental election commitment that a Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian, and it revokes citizenship revocation for criminal acts applied to dual citizens alone. That was the central focus of the bill. It has now passed through the House of

Government Expenditures  Mr. Speaker, we made a commitment to Canadians to be open and transparent. These expenses were entered under proactive disclosure nine months ago, but it turns out they were entered under the wrong column. I realized this earlier today and just over an hour ago I recorded this

Official Report  Mr. Speaker, I would like to correct the record in response to Order Paper Question No. 258, where I stated that, “Insofar as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is concerned: IRCC did not pay any costs for relocation services and hotel stays related to exempt sta

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, we have already taken the initiative. I held a press conference with my Quebec counterpart in the Haitian community a few months ago. We encouraged them to come forward, and we were ready to accept all Haitians who had the proper documents. We did everything we coul

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her good question and congratulate her on her motion regarding a study on immigration that is now before the House. Over the summer, I found that the Atlantic provinces were particularly enthusiastic about increased immigration for demograph

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, as I have said many times, we deplore and condemn these atrocities. I understand that a number of Yazidi families will be arriving in Winnipeg within a few weeks, coming in under a privately sponsored refugee program. I understand that the Standing Committee on Citi

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, to say one can do something with one stroke of a pen is a bit far-fetched, when the individuals are in an extremely dangerous territory that it difficult to arrive at. We take this situation very seriously. We are studying it, we are welcoming a number of Yazidis in

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, insofar as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, IRCC, is concerned, regarding part (a) of the question, 254 groups made sponsorship applications between October 21, 2015, and February 29, 2016, for 10,559 persons where: (i) the total number of persons whose