Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. Thank you for your comments. You are bang on in everything you're saying. There are some opportunities for partnership between government and private groups with the blended visa office-referred sponsorships, which are great, but really we need more spots. There are many p

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I don't think it was the main factor. It certainly could be a factor, but there would be such complex reasons behind these huge wait times right now, with COVID and the other actions the government took to bring in groups of refugees. I don't have the knowledge to be able

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for your comments. I appreciate that. I don't deal with students, so I can't address what you said about the French-speaking students. I am helping refugees from all over the world connect with communities, volunteers and churches in Canada that can sponsor them. In t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would concur with the other two witnesses. Certainly a task force would be a good starting point and an ombudsman certainly sounds like something that would be good. More needs to be investigated to see what the situation is.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning, Madam Chair and committee members. I am thankful to be able to join you today to speak on behalf of the refugees I work with and serve. I am the founder and director of Remember Ministries, a charitable organization focused on sponsoring refugees to Canada, parti