Citizenship and Immigration committee  —because of asylum increases.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The Government of Canada recognizes that the increase in irregular border crossers has placed extraordinary pressures on some provinces and municipalities. The government has provided a total of $26 million to date to the City of Toronto to address immediate temporary housing sho

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The answer is we're talking.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We recognize that there is a range of pressures on both provinces and municipalities as a result of the significant increase in the number of asylum seekers. The funding that's provided for supplementary estimates (B) is related to temporary housing funding. The federal governmen

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would note that the federal government has quite an extensive housing strategy. It's not within my department's remit, but a considerable amount of funding is being put into building social housing in general, and should—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This is an agreement between two countries and will require extensive discussions between us and the United States. It isn't possible at this point to predict a date for concluding any amendments to the agreement.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would expect that when we are in discussion with the United States on the safe third country agreement, there will be many issues that can be addressed. Many things have changed since the agreement was first signed 14 years ago, including technology, biometrics and things tha

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would expect that once we have a better understanding of the view of the United States on a safe third country agreement, a whole range of issues could be discussed.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have any information on that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As Minister Blair noted, we have engaged at a variety of levels in discussions with the U.S. We have noted to our U.S. colleagues that we think this agreement is ready to be modernized and that many things have changed.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Any changes made to the safe third country agreement would have to be negotiated with the United States. It's an agreement between our two countries; no changes can be made unilaterally.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There is a wide range of changes—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —that could be anticipated to the safe third country agreement.