Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Minister. My next question is on another important service on which many of the new immigrants rely, the settlement services. We have made significant investment in the settlement program this year, in line with the increase in immigration expected in the multi-year l

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Chair. Thanks a lot, Minister. Thanks to all the officials also for joining us in the committee today. Minister, among the many mean-spirited cuts in the last Ontario budget by the Doug Ford government, one of them was to eliminate the legal aid funding for refugees

Citizenship and Immigration committee  She can continue.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd like to share my time with Mr. DeCourcey.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thanks to all the witnesses for coming today and for providing your testimony. Clause 306 of Bill C-97 would render an individual ineligible to make a refugee claim in Canada if he or she had already made a refugee claim in another country with which Canada has a data-sharing ag

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Ms. Sadrehashemi, would you like to comment?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, but everyone would be getting an opportunity. No one would be removed. Everyone would be given the opportunity under Bill C-97, in division 16, to have the PRRA hearing. My question was that—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If they are not eligible to make the claim, they will get a PRRA hearing.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We heard from Minister Blair and he specifically mentioned that there will be an interview, so it is wrong to say that there will not be an interview. He came here at 3:30 today and he said very specifically in his testimony that everyone will have the opportunity for a PRRA hear

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I'll share my time with my colleague.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have one question for the CBSA officials. I believe in the past there has been some confusion regarding the security screening applied to asylum seekers. Could you please describe the security process that happens during a border crossing, and the security process that happen

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thanks to the officials. What period did the AG study? From which year to which year was the report by the AG based on?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Since then, has the government made any investments or changes that directly respond to the Auditor General's findings and recommendations? Can you please explain what changes you have made or what resources have been invested beyond that period?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Now, if someone coming through the regular border has made a claim, processing will be done by the officials of the IRCC. Is there any training program in place for those officers who would be doing the PRRA hearings?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What is the difference between the hearing process at the IRB and the PRRA? Can you please explain how these two processes differ?