Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. I will give them to you right after.

Foreign Affairs committee  I think we just have to follow the recommendations put forward by Mario and the CBA and me, just to define the terminology so that we're targeting individuals. Once we go to the proposed 35.1(1), I've stated that it should be defined, as far as we believe it should be worded, as

Foreign Affairs committee  I think the population that we're dealing with is not very aware of these mechanisms. You need to have a certain level of knowledge to know what's available to you. Let's take the example of a Venezuelan or Iranian person who, as a foreign national, has come to Canada, claimed

Foreign Affairs committee  As far as expediting how we put people on the sanctions list, I don't think that's really the purpose of this bill. In terms of how it's being done now, if you refer to Mr. Bellissimo's brief, he pointed out from security experts that Canada has a pretty big lag when it comes t

Foreign Affairs committee  Sure. Listen, I'm not a legal expert in this matter, but in terms of what they're referring to, they're talking about the assets of certain individuals, and that is a completely different discussion. Here, we're talking about foreign nationals and their admissibility into Canad

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm concerned about speed without a looking over of the actual bill. As we have seen in the previous testimony from the Honourable Peter Harder, he said that this was one of the fastest things they've passed. Typically, when you pass things this fast, it means you've overlooked a

Foreign Affairs committee  Good afternoon, everyone. I am Abdulla Daoud, executive director of the Refugee Centre, which is based in Montreal. Our organization is rooted in the newcomer community, providing a variety of services, including the only full-service refugee legal clinic in Montreal. So far t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, they should, as they have before.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I think it's pretty clear.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Going along with what we said, that's not right. Given what these refugees are going through and given the legitimacy of these claims, we should not be rejecting them. We've already established that the alternative is not good and they would be facing danger otherwise.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. We started seeing this in January 2022. They've always had the right to do it, but we've only seen that being established in January 2022.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's an additional 12 to 24 months, depending on the CBSA officer or IRCC agent who wants to issue the document.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, they should suspend the safe third country agreement. Basically, we're forcing asylum seekers to go onto terrain that's very dangerous. We've already established that these are legitimate claims and that what they're going through is very unfortunate. In order to regulate t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. I'll be joined by Pierre-Luc Bouchard as well. Honourable Chair, vice-chairs and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to submit a brief and appear on behalf of The Refugee Centre today. I'm joined by the head of our legal clinic, Maître Pierre-Luc

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I guess you want me to touch on the LUNA application. Right now we can't launch it nationally because we're a small not-for-profit based in Montreal, and we can't afford the hosting fees. How it works is mostly refugee claimants are able to gain information on how to fill out t