Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's a very good question, sir. I will also make comments to address what Ms. Grewal asked. CIDA hasn't really done anything to help the minorities of Iraq. On whether Canada can resettle, we can share reports with you that civil society organizations on the ground have broke

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Can I add something?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have a formula. I'm not going to give you any numbers, because again I'm not a specialist in setting these numbers. However, I believe a formula should be followed--it's very easy--in regard to the ChaldoAssyrian Christians, at least. For every ChaldoAssyrian Christian who is

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I concur with the two points made. They were very good, but if I can, I'll add a third point. Many of the refugees might be looking to the international community to do something, to see Iraq become better so they can resettle. If in a few years they see that nothing is changin

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd like to make a comment about the first question too. We have to realize that when we're speaking about Christian refugees, we're talking about more than 20% of the Iraqi refugees, more than 400,000 people. Just resettling refugees in Canada will definitely not solve the probl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, not at all.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure. I'm trying to stay within the seven minutes. Canada's third commitment is to promote regional democratic development. We propose the promotion of regional democratic development in establishing local administration in the Nineveh Plains to ensure fair representation and di

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning, honourable members of Parliament. My name is Alda Benjamen, and I'm a representative of the Assyrian, Chaldean, Syriac Student Union of Canada, or ACSSU of Canada. Our organization was founded in 1999, and it has since established branches in most Canadian univers