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World Refugee Day Mr. Speaker, Canada has a long-standing humanitarian tradition of providing assistance and protection to refugees the world over. When communities welcome refugees with open arms and open hearts, they can help create the foundation for a successful transition to Canadian life.
June 20th, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, I truly understand the concerns raised by the families grappling with this situation. We are conducting a thorough review of the policy regarding excessive demand, including by consulting the provinces and territories, because health care falls under their jurisdicti
September 19th, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Franco-Ontarian Day Mr. Speaker, Ontario francophones will be celebrating Franco-Ontarian Day on September 25. This summer, I travelled around Ontario talking to community groups about the importance of francophone immigration. Francophone immigrants strengthen our communities and sustain the French
September 22nd, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Vancouver East for her question. I understand her concerns, but I would like to provide some background information. Canada has a long and proud tradition of offering protection to those who need it. We have one of the fairest an
October 17th, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Madam Speaker, we have a proven record on refugee protection in recent years. However, as the member said, there are some concerns, and I want to reiterate that we are consulting stakeholders on this file on an ongoing basis. We want to make improvements to our policies and law
October 17th, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to speak to this issue here this evening, and thanks to my colleague from Vancouver East for her questions. Canada's asylum system is highly regarded around the world. It is considered a fair, safe, and effective model. We are working c
October 23rd, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, once again I will reiterate that Canada's asylum system is highly respected around the world as a fair, safe, and efficient model. We are working closely with all of our partners to make this system even more efficient. An independent review of the board is currentl
October 23rd, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her question. I am pleased to have an opportunity to talk about Canada's asylum system and the other subjects my colleague raised. Although we are always endeavouring to find new ways to enhance our system, I could not disagree more wit
October 25th, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, as I have said in the past, we are proud that Canada has an immigration system that is respected and regarded internationally as one of the best. At committee recently, the member opposite had the opportunity to put a number of questions to various experts, includin
October 25th, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Madam Speaker, as we all know, the safe third country agreement is a very important tool that enables Canada and the United States to work together in handling systematic asylum claims. The agreement is based on a principle recognized by the UN Refugee Agency holding that individ
October 27th, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, pursuant to subsection 94(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the “2017 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration”.
November 1st, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for raising this issue. The question she had submitted dealt mainly with the Canada-U.S. safe third country agreement. She wanted to know whether we planned to revisit that agreement. My speech will therefore focus primarily on the Canada-U.S.
November 1st, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Madam Speaker, just to clarify, the data we presented today and the data on asylum claims the hon. member is referring to are not related. Those asylum claims are very different. They are not part of our immigration levels plan, which is completely separate from those asylum clai
November 1st, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, Canada will always be an open and welcoming country for people seeking refuge. Our government will nevertheless ensure an orderly immigration process. We have always maintained that entering Canada irregularly does not guarantee status in this country. There are ve
November 21st, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Mr. Speaker, as I just said, we have always maintained that anyone who crosses irregularly into Canada will not have guaranteed status in Canada. We are intensifying our efforts to raise awareness among people likely to have their temporary protection in the United States taken
November 21st, 2017House debate
Serge CormierLiberal