Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for the opportunity to take part in this adjournment debate and explain the safe third country agreement to Canadians. The safe third country agreement is based on the principle that individuals should seek asylum in the first country they arrive in. This

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her question. The member opposite talked about the 1,000 person cap. Let me begin by making it very clear and clarifying that there is not a 1,000 person cap on privately sponsored refugees. There is not a 1,000-person cap on privately spons

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the main question was about the cap on the number of people. There is no 1,000-person cap on privately sponsored refugees. The 1,000-person cap the member mentioned in her question refers to new sponsorship applications for Syrian and Iraqi refugees by specific gr

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, as I mentioned earlier, the previous live-in caregiver program stopped accepting new applicants in 2014 and two new classes were established: the caring for children class and the caring for people with high medical needs class. For both these classes, family careg

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Vancouver East for her question about pathways to permanent residence for caregivers. I also heard that she is doing a great job in the committee, and I look forward to working with her in my new role as parliamentary secretary. The mem

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, we are very pleased that all parties are working together to help the vulnerable victims of Daesh, which include the Yazidi, as shown by the unanimous support for the proposal to bring these Yazidi to Canada within 120 days, or by February 22, 2017

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise for the first time as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. I look forward to working with the new minister in his new role. He is doing an awesome job so far. I also look forward to working with membe

New Brunswick Ice Storm  Mr. Speaker, New Brunswick was hard hit by an ice storm that left over 133,000 people without power at the height of the crisis. The bulk of the outages occurred in my riding of Acadie—Bathurst, more specifically in the Acadian peninsula, where over 23,000 people were left withou

Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, I believe the member opposite is well aware of our commitment to overhauling the Fisheries Act. As I said before, I believe that a simple cut back to the previous version of this legislation would not go far enough to protect the fish and fish habitat. As I said, t

Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, let me start by thanking the member opposite for his good work on the fisheries and oceans committee and in the House. It is a great honour for me to present to the House on behalf of the Minister of Fisheries Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard on a topic that is

Christian Brun  Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I inform the House that a remarkable man, Christian Brun, has passed away. Christian was the director general of the Maritime Fishermen's Union and had been working in the fisheries sector since 2004. He was also the president of the Ca

Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague and good friend from Nunavut for his question. I share my colleague's views on sustainable, science-based fisheries. We think this can create some good economic opportunities for Nunavut. The programs on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts that our

Fisheries and Oceans  Mr. Speaker, I share my colleague's concerns. Regarding his first question on whales, as everyone knows, our department is committed to ensuring the health and safety of aquatic environments. That is what we do in all of our activities related to aquaculture. Although it is extre

Island Fishermen Cooperative Association  Mr. Speaker, last week the Island Fishermen Cooperative Association in my riding of Acadie—Bathurst was awarded the 2016 Business of the Year award by the Conseil économique du Nouveau-Brunswick. The business was founded in 1943 by a coalition of co-operatives that wanted to bui

The Environment  Madam Speaker, I can assure the member for Salaberry—Suroît and Canadians that Groupe Saint-Pierre has the expertise to do the job. As I have already said, this is a first step. The Minister of Transport announced the first phase, which is the result of a plan approved by all pa