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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, a lesson on the Constitution from the Bloc Québécois, I will leave it at that. What I can say is that, last year, we gave $700 million to Quebec under the Canada-Quebec accord. We gave it more this year. We even gave it too much without asking for any of it back. Al
November 23rd, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, not only is the member out of touch with Quebeckers, but he is out of touch with the news. Today we learned that Quebec is in need of workers. How can we address the labour shortage? Immigration. It is not the only solution, and I agree with the member that it needs
November 7th, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, I find that comment strange. It keeps cropping up among Bloc Québécois members. They are so far out in left field that maybe they should take the weekend to go speak with some farmers and see if they need workers, because they do. These workers come from other countr
November 6th, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, I have never spoken to McKinsey. However, I have spoken to Canadians who want more people from abroad, who want more immigrants to come here to work in factories, to work in the fields, in areas represented by the Bloc Québécois. Clearly, we need immigration. Five h
November 6th, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, it is clear that over the past year, Canadians have asked us to do more when it comes to integration capacity. I am also hearing that we need immigration to grow our businesses. We know that there is still a labour shortage. We need to take a more surgical approach
November 6th, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Points of Order Mr. Speaker, I rise before my colleagues in the House today to respond to a concern raised yesterday regarding a response I gave to the Bloc Québécois. I used some language yesterday that I will not repeat for the purposes of this point of order. I understand that the words I us
November 1st, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Points of Order Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Pursuant to subsection 94(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, I have the pleasure to table, in both official languages, the 2023 annual report to Parliament on immigration.
November 1st, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, I am not going to talk about astrology. The member opposite was in the House when I gave my speech yesterday but she must not have been paying attention or she would have heard the details of what we are doing with Quebec to ensure that there is co-operation and coor
November 1st, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, obviously, we have to keep increasing our efforts to integrate newcomers. The flip side of those numbers is the unprecedented volume of people who want to come to Canada. I do not blame them, but the reality is that so many people want to come here because Canada is
November 1st, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, first of all, that is not true. We are constantly consulting with Quebec. There is direct communication between our public services every day. I would also like to point out that I have spoken directly to the Quebec minister about these targets, the integration targ
November 1st, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, in an hour and a bit, people will have a chance to see the plan, and I would ask them to take a look at it. As for Quebec, the Canada-Quebec accord has been in place since 1991. Under this agreement, we send Quebec $700 million a year. Do we demand accountability? No
November 1st, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Brampton South for her advocacy. Our goal in the announcement that we made on Friday is really to punish bad actors, without punishing the good actors. International students are welcome to have a home in this country. These people are
October 31st, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, once again, the Bloc Québécois refuses to understand that the Canada-Quebec accord on immigration has been in place since 1991, which is just as long as the Bloc Québécois has been around. For some mysterious reason, it refuses to understand how this works. Quebec h
October 31st, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, obviously our review of the thresholds and our measures will include consideration of Quebec's integration capacity and that of the rest of Canada. Consultation is not a two-way street; it involves 13 of us. We are a country. This is a debate for our whole society. W
October 31st, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, I will say it again because it does not seem to be getting through to the Bloc Québécois. First, we have already held consultations. Second, these people are frustrated because we are going to vote for their motion.
October 31st, 2023House debate
Marc MillerLiberal