Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. In 2020, we have indeed set up a full-time working group, which works closely with all sectors of the department. This working group ensures that they set targets that are linked to the strategy. We have set very concrete targets, and we want to make

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. As the minister said, over 23,000 people have arrived since January 1 of this year. However, it is difficult to determine whether they have arrived specifically under the new program that the minister announced on March 17. It is this information tha

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. As was shared previously, we have been doing work with the High Commissioner of Bangladesh and we are finalizing the internal evaluation of the SDS. We're expecting and hoping for this to be completed by fall 2022 in order to be able to proceed to hav

Citizenship and Immigration committee  For clarity, I want to make sure that one understands that, when we're processing applications, we process them across the globe. Even though a person may have submitted an application in Pakistan, it may not be that it is being processed at the high commission in Pakistan.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm going to ask Mr. Mills to answer the question more directly.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have the exact number, but from my recollection, I don't believe it's more than about 200 people out of close to 11,000 employees who are not currently working with us due to the choice they've made on vaccination status, but I can get that number more accurately. I'm jus

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can confirm that, yes, we have put in the forecast what was expected for this fiscal year as part of the budget request. What I would have to confirm—and I'm seeing if my CFO will be able to confirm this—is whether or not it also took into consideration the additional funding

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, I can attest that we will make whatever information we have available, as per the request of the member.