Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was easier. It was easy to get employment. The processing times are much faster. They definitely ask for the same number of documents, like passport and employment history and educational background and all those documents, but then to get permanent residency took a long time.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was easier to get permanent residency in the United Arab Emirates than to get it here.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I was thinking about the future of my children. In the United Arab Emirates, I wouldn't be able to raise them as.... My children wouldn't be able to play outside, for example. When they arrived at YVR in June, they went out of the airport and my son said, “Ma, the air is so clean

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Actually, I think it's a win-win for everybody if there is support for them. They are new to the country and they don't know how to navigate the school system. They don't know where everything is. They don't know where to start, and they don't know how to plan their careers in Ca

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I haven't heard of that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can only speak to how, if Canada would like to harness all the good talents that international students have, the effect in their home countries would be brain drain. How does that affect their home countries? Is Canada's plan to get all these talented people and leave the home

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't answer. Sorry.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think as a researcher and as a graduate student, I would find a university that would support the research or the interests I would like to pursue. I think that's what pushes the research, that's what affects policy and that's what makes changes to the society. It's also impor

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It's a privilege to be part of this meeting today. Thank you very much for your invitation. Today I'm going to share my own immigration journey to Canada and talk about the results and recommendations of my graduate student research. My nam