Citizenship and Immigration committee  We are accepting people to make a claim before the Immigration and Refugee Board where they will present their basis of claim as to why they should be granted refugee protection status by Canada. Then, if they are granted status, they have the ability to apply for permanent resid

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll start at the very strategic level and will be very quick. As I mentioned, we have long-standing relationships in the immigration and citizenship world with American colleagues—and all colleagues, quite frankly. We belong to bilateral and multilateral organizations. We deal

Public Safety committee  The answer to that, Chair, goes back to the way we process immigration applications overall within our department. We have different processing networks, which process different kinds of applications in different offices in different places under different management. It's true

Public Safety committee  That would depend on which line of business specifically we are talking about. As you are aware, sir, we have multiple and different lines of business. It's a very difficult question for me to answer.

Public Safety committee  The refugee definition goes back to various international conventions, and that is the best place to look. Generally speaking, it is those who fear persecution or prosecution for a variety of reasons.

Public Safety committee  The socio-economic status of a person claiming asylum or of an overseas refugee is really not part of the equation. It is based on what circumstances the individual is facing in terms of persecution, fear, and so on. It is not about how wealthy or economically stable they are.

Public Safety committee  Well, that all depends on what stage of the asylum processing continuum.... Decisions are made around a person's inadmissibility, which may be at the port of entry. Inadmissibility can also be looked at through other partners. Then, you go to the eligibility processing, at which

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The answer to that, Chair, goes back to the way we process immigration applications overall within our department. We have different processing networks, which process different kinds of applications in different offices in different places under different management. It's true

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That would depend on which line of business specifically we are talking about. As you are aware, sir, we have multiple and different lines of business. It's a very difficult question for me to answer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The refugee definition goes back to various international conventions, and that is the best place to look. Generally speaking, it is those who fear persecution or prosecution for a variety of reasons.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The socio-economic status of a person claiming asylum or of an overseas refugee is really not part of the equation. It is based on what circumstances the individual is facing in terms of persecution, fear, and so on. It is not about how wealthy or economically stable they are.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, that all depends on what stage of the asylum processing continuum.... Decisions are made around a person's inadmissibility, which may be at the port of entry. Inadmissibility can also be looked at through other partners. Then, you go to the eligibility processing, at which

Public Safety committee  Again, what we are noticing is that, despite some of the temporary protection lifts the United States has done, there is movement of people, but they are not telling us that these are necessarily the reasons. Some people are saying those are the reasons. We also don't know what o

Public Safety committee  No, not at all.

Public Safety committee  As Mr. MacKinnon was explaining, there is a combination of factors. We do regular reviews through our department on country conditions of all countries around the world in terms of refugee movements. We are members of the UNHCR, and we are working with members of the UNHCR. We wo