Citizenship and Immigration committee  If you don't want the rest of the answer to that, Ms. Rempel, I'll defer to the chair.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much for the question. The answer is essentially yes. What we intend is that for people who have been determined to be ineligible for referral to the IRB because they have made a claim elsewhere—this is what is in division 16—in another country that is deemed to b

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No. It would be conducted by officials. The officials who currently conduct the pre-removal risk assessments will still have that authority and responsibility, but it will be a face-to-face hearing, not a paper exercise, in which an individual will have legal counsel—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —and it's subject to judicial review.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We'll give you an absolutely clear answer. Paul, could you clarify exactly how the PRRA will work?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will tell you that among the pillars, the values on which I believe our immigration and refugee protection system is based, are both fairness and compassion and the upholding of our international obligations and the rule of law. We have ensured in every step of this process tha

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To be a properly, efficiently managed system and to maintain a system of fairness, people must have an expectation of a timely determination of their application. As a result of under-resourcing and inadequate capacity at the IRB to come to a final determination, it was taking a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We've been doing a number of important things. I want to share some good news with this committee. We have seen significant reductions in the number of people who have been presenting themselves irregularly at our border and subsequently making a claim for asylum. So far, year-

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'll try to get through this as quickly as possible. I thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee today. I'm happy to speak regarding our asylum system and border enforcement proposals, which we have included in Bill C-97. Mr. C

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to be able to advise this House that, so far this year, we have achieved a 47% reduction in the number of people crossing our border irregularly. In budget 2019—and I understand the member opposite may have missed this because of all the noise goi

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, later on today I will have the opportunity to meet with Amnesty International and provide it with assurances that our government remains committed to a fair and compassionate refugee system that will provide protection to those who need it most. I can also assure it

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, our government remains committed to a fair refugee system that provides protection to those who need it most, protects the safety of all Canadians and keeps our border secure. On the well-established international principle of asylum primacy, we wish to encourage all

Criminal Records Act  Mr. Speaker, the answer is very simple. As I have said, a pardon system deals with conviction. The Parole Board is able to see if there was a criminal conviction and see the offence for which the individual was convicted. If it was simple possession of cannabis, the individual wo

Criminal Records Act  Mr. Speaker, there are a number of estimates with respect to the total number of people who have been convicted of this offence in the history of Canada. I have seen numbers. I do not have the data, because, quite frankly, as I said, these are not indictable records and they are

Criminal Records Act  Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate to talk about costs and saving, so I will speak about that briefly. From experience, I know that the amount of work, and therefore the cost, to process an individual charged criminally with simple possession of cannabis was quite expensive. It was