Citizenship and Immigration committee  Just to make sure, it's extended families and those brought over—so many people are staying in Egypt and are not necessarily coming to Canada or are going elsewhere. Not everybody is coming here. The second, as I mentioned, is that the immediate family was the focus of the assist

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, we can get you that for the committee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say that, in certain contexts.... We work very closely with panel physicians across the country. Obviously, people need to demonstrate medical evaluations and assessments prior to making their applications in Canada. I don't think that, at this point, there are significan

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll definitely bring that back, take a look at what the delays are, and come back to you on next steps.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I know 24,000 invitations to apply were sent out in October 2023 for that pool. How many remain in that pool after that invitation to apply.... I would have to check, but we have 5,278 applications in the system.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As a deputy minister, I don't know if those decisions were made by the same official. I'll follow up. No, I'm not aware of that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As a proud public servant, I would tell you that we all adhere to a code of values and ethics. We take training, we have conversations with our employees about what that means to us, both individually and collectively. There are often people who assume that some activities are t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. I'm prepared not only to report to the committee if that's the case, but also to report to the committee on any action taken with regard to that officer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Right now, for the committee's benefit, we work very closely with Global Affairs Canada. The assisted departures, in the first phase, were focused on Canadians, permanent residents, and their immediate families. As the minister pointed out, there were situations where people cam

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In fact, having a greater footprint in Islamabad has been a priority of the government, and, as you noted, it's a commitment in the Indo-Pacific strategy. Interviews being conducted out of Islamabad were an irritant to the Pakistani government, but we can, in fact, now confirm th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, that is the case, absolutely, and we hope that we get answers on those very soon.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On Pakistan, I know there's been a lot of attention on deportations and, at times, detainment, so we continue to work with officials. We track numbers every day. We're in communication with our clients who may find themselves in those situations, and it is obviously a big priorit

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When you raised this issue last time, I told you that I had indeed met with representatives of the Réseau d'aide aux travailleuses et travailleurs migrants agricoles du Québec during our strategic review consultations. At that time, they told me about some cases that had been ref

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say, first, we have done the reorganization. We did it in a cost-neutral way. We listened to the advice of the Yeates report and made decisions as a department. We are reorganized, and that was effective October 16. The second point I would make is on the issue of the mo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. Every year, as we think about our levels plan, the department engages in very formal consultations with provinces and territories, as well as a number of stakeholders. Those could be business representatives, educational institutions, faith-based organizations, multi