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Public Safety committee We are going to deal with everyone who comes to our border according to Canadian law and international convention.
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee It's actually a “her”. It's Secretary Nielsen.
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee What I am going to say is that I believe there are opportunities to negotiate and enhance a safe third country agreement that will operate more effectively to the mutual benefit of both countries.
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee The original intent of the safe third country agreement, when it was signed in 2004, was to more effectively manage the migration of people through regular border points. I am aim towards working with the Secretary in the United States to ensure—
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee As I've said, ideally we will—
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee —encourage everyone who comes to Canada's borders to cross at a regular border point.
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee We will encourage everyone who comes to Canada to cross into the country at a regular border point.
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee Success is getting everyone who comes to this country—
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee —to cross into the country at a regular border point.
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee I've spoken to the mayor of Toronto. As part of its temporary housing strategy dealing with people who require temporary shelter, the City of Toronto has a system whereby some of that is done through rental accommodation. I've spoken to the mayor and told him that we will continu
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee The number of people who went into that temporary shelter has been diminishing over time, and the City of Toronto is doing an excellent job, in my opinion, of helping those people find more permanent housing solutions. The City of Toronto is also managing the existing capacity qu
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee Within my responsibilities is to address the issues of organized crime. You and I have a shared experience in the enforcement of the laws and these crimes. Also, we are informed by some recent and very important work that was done by Dr. Peter German, for example, in British Colu
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee Operational decisions made by the members of the RCMP with the deployment of their limited resources need to be made in the national interest, and I have every confidence in their leadership. We also recognize that the deployment of officers and expertise to deal with national s
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair
Public Safety committee My mandate is very clear. First of all, the entrance of people coming to our borders is governed by a number of pieces of legislation, including, for example, the safe third country agreement with the United States. That is a bilateral agreement between our two countries—
September 25th, 2018Committee meeting
Bill Blair