Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I would recommend that my colleague stick around later this evening if he wants to talk about the transport of oil. We will be having an engaging conversation about that in a bit. I know my colleague who sits in front of me in the House of Commons would be able to

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak about our government's ongoing efforts to resettle Yazidi women and children in Canada. Let me be clear that the government concurs with the committee's report. Indeed, the committee's findings will help inform what we have

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I listened to my colleague enumerate the recommendations the committee provided in its report. We should be clear that the government generally supports the recommendations, because they concern things we are already doing and working on to ensure the proper resettle

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I know it was not my colleague's intention to do so, but just to clarify for those paying attention, we are talking about two totally different things when we talk about those people who come to Canada as asylum seekers and are subject to adjudication through the Imm

Citizenship and Immigration committee  But, if I can add, Mr. Maguire, and this is a really important point for us all to remember.... Any decisions the Government of Canada makes as a result of signing these two compacts will be based on the political considerations taken by the government of the day, because these c

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No. Again, in objective 23, there's specific reference to conducting, signing and going into bilateral agreements that can help manage migration between two countries, and help coordinate the way that we would manage the border, which the safe third country agreement seeks to do.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In some cases, the work of the compact builds upon comprehensive refugee response frameworks that are put in place in different regions around the world, and it helps coordinate actions of countries in specific regions that are experiencing trends like we're seeing through Latin

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It doesn't change the definition of a refugee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It maintains the definition of a refugee that is in the 1951 convention.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It maintains the definition of a refugee as per the 1951 convention.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not wasting your time. I'm giving you an answer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It doesn't change the definition of a refugee. The global compact on safe, orderly and regular migration recognizes that people are on the move for a whole host of reasons, whether it be for economic opportunity, for lack of safe haven due to war and conflict, for fear of persecu

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —that are undergoing severe storm systems and will soon be under water, and there are countries in Africa that are experiencing extreme drought and are therefore severely food insecure. These are all reasons that people are migrating and we need to understand these root causes, a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The Government of Canada would have every right to make the decision—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —if it so chose to undertake—