Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will say a few words on the topic. You talked about an approval rate of 93%. As for the remaining 7%, my advice would be to reach out to the people concerned. There are many tools that can be used to reach out to them. In Montreal, there are community stations and small neighb

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The relationship these people had with the governments of their countries means they are afraid. They think that it will be the same here. They do not know that here they can speak with government representatives when they go to them. And some people may have gone to them and bee

Citizenship and Immigration committee  First, the Haitian community needs to rally and find people who, sometimes for fear of being sent back, do not fill out the form. Certainly, a lot of them were afraid when the previous government was in power. They said that if they showed up, they would be sent back home. Those

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The Haitian community took action after the earthquake. We set up crisis centres. We set everything up to welcome these individuals, and we asked the community and the government for help. We gave them clothing and a little money. We found people who wanted to host those individu

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What these people who are in Canada fear is being sent back home. We heard from Mr. Cima, who explained the atmosphere in Haiti. They wonder what might happen to them if they return to Haiti. After they arrived here, there was the earthquake in Haiti that killed over 300,000 peop

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good morning. We acknowledge the work the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration is doing on this important matter concerning the moratorium on deporting citizens of Zimbabwe and Haiti living in Canada. It is with grea