Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I would start by saying that I am proud of the fact that we have let in more than 25,000 Syrian refugees, more than four times the number of refugees the previous government let in. We are admitting many refugees. Some parts of the world are more difficult to get to

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, with regard to (a), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada issued 12 temporary resident permits, or TRPs, to individuals suspected to be victims of human trafficking. With regard to (b), Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada did not renew any subsequen

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I am afraid the hon. member is missing the forest for the trees. The good new is that those military bases were set up as a contingency. The fact that we did not need them meant that the government saved tens of millions of dollars. We were scheduled to spend $319 m

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I think I have answered that question. It is more than a little passing strange that these same Conservatives who wanted us to slow down are now telling us to speed up. These are the same people who let in only about a quarter of the number we let in, the same peopl

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I am extremely proud of what our government has done on refugees, and I am even prouder that Canadians have been so extraordinarily generous that we are having trouble keeping up with the demand from all these generous Canadians who want to host refugees. That is a

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, we already are providing them with tools to the extent that 99% of them have permanent housing, and we are making great progress on the question of jobs and language. I just heard today that the Liberal government has been incredibly efficient. In committee today, I

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, of course the situation facing Yazidis is deplorable, but from the beginning we have welcomed vulnerable refugees as determined by the United Nations, irrespective of religion. In addition, we are admitting refugees from other countries, including Yazidis. We are ver

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the number nine is wrong. Our department does not record the nationalities or religions of the refugees. I have, in fact, spoken to the individuals in that synagogue to which the member refers. We had a good conversation. We are working actively to bring those refug

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, we have already expedited the process. A few weeks ago, I said that anyone who had submitted an application before March 31 would arrive in Canada by the end of this year or early next year. Our challenge is that Canadians are so generous that it is hard to admit re

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, we actually satisfied 46,000 Syrian refugees who we admitted in the space of seven months. It is true that in view of the enormous generosity of Canadians, and that is a good thing, who want to support refugees, we have been unable to keep up with the pace of demand

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I am very proud of what Liberals have done on refugees. In seven months, we admitted 46,000 refugees, which is twice as many as the Conservatives admitted in a whole year. We re-established refugee health care, which the Conservatives had abolished, and that had bee

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I certainly do not accept the premise of that question. In terms of achievements, I will update the member on a very good number. Ninety-nine per cent of all the refugees are now in permanent housing. While it is true that we do not have precise numbers on jobs and

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, that is certainly not what the Liberals are doing. Our acceptance of refugees is based on those who are most vulnerable, as determined by the United Nations, irrespective of religion. I might point out that in seven short months, we admitted twice as many refugees a

Temporary Foreign Workers  Mr. Speaker, I am aware that there is a problem with foreign agricultural workers. The officials in my department are working very hard. They told me today that these workers will arrive on June 25 or earlier. I believe they will be here in time to do the work.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I have already commented on photo ops, but the general point is that because of the overwhelming generosity of Canadians, I am probably the only immigration minister in the world whose main challenge it is to bring refugees into this country quickly enough to satisfy