Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have to remember that the work they are doing is incredibly complicated. There are so many moving pieces. Lots of the problems that impact backlogs are not of Canada's making. They're always responding to a new situation. It's like people rolling logs on the river. I already

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that religious minorities often face barriers right at the beginning. They're not maybe even allowed to register with UNHCR, because of pressures within the countries of asylum that they've gone to. I think of the Hazaras in Afghanistan. I think of the Pakistani Ahmadis,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I speak as a lay employee of the Roman Catholic Diocese. I'm competent to talk about our past and present practices in refugee resettlement, but my opinions are mine alone and do not represent the policies of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon. I