Foreign Affairs committee   into Armenia of over 100,000 ethnic Armenians who feared to remain in Nagorno-Karabakh after the conflict of the preceding 30 years and the deprivation and hardship caused by the blockade. The latest updates we have received from the United Nations Refugee Agency indicate that they have

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under section 9 of the Aeronautics Act . Ineligibility 16 A person is not eligible to be appointed or to continue as a member if the person is not a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

Consumer-led Banking Act  . Just to give a quick story, a friend of mine is an individual who came over here to Canada as a refugee from abroad. He actually went and got his Ph.D. and was in an IT field and desperately wanted to give back to the country that had given so much to him. It broke his heart that he

Citizenship and Immigration committee   be run by a “cartel member, associate, somebody just involved in serious or organized crime”. The committee invite: (a) The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship to appear before the committee, separately, for no less than 2 hours; (b) Officials from

Privilege  . The member claimed that the response tabled on January 29, 2024, failed to identify the sub-implementing partners who are involved in delivering aid to Palestinian refugees. He argued that his question was seeking information about all organizations providing Canadian aid, which implies

Official Languages committee  Yes. I'll use the analogy of the conductor. Different departments have responsibilities, such as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Canadian Heritage, and the action plan must also be implemented. However, for the entire federal apparatus, it's important

Official Languages committee  . Théberge, several departments are responsible for official languages: Canadian Heritage, Treasury Board, the Department of Justice and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, not to mention your office. Do you think it would be better to centralize power at Treasury Board

Official Languages committee   that there is indeed systemic discrimination in federal institutions in Quebec, namely the assumption that everything happens in English first. We've had many examples of federal institutions operating essentially in English, including the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada and the Canada

Citizenship and Immigration committee  , but they are not the end of the story. I have to continue to remind myself that my role as Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship is partly to make sure that I am ensuring that provinces and institutions are exercising their responsibility. There is a large field to occupy

Citizenship and Immigration committee   and refugees in terms of dollars, but beyond that it's clear that there's no consideration of housing when you are looking at your immigration plans and making decisions on capping, for example. Is that true? Is that the way the department works? It does not consider housing at all.

Foreign Affairs committee   committee, but it's also the international development committee. It's something that I think we sometimes miss a bit. We know that the United Nations has launched an appeal for $97 million to support the ethnic Armenian refugees who have fled Nagorno-Karabakh. Do you know

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay, thank you. What is it that Canada can do, if we can, to help ease the problems with the refugees? I know that many women are having problems with organizations, with facing violence and with dealing with some of their sexual and reproductive health needs, because some

Industry committee  , seniors, youth transitioning from foster care and new refugees coming to Canada. Not many industries in Canada, or industries anywhere, offer these kinds of discounts under that framework. Our social purpose drives all the areas of our business, from how we invest to how we innovate

Citizenship and Immigration committee   with us the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Honourable Marc Miller, along with the officials. First I would love to welcome, on behalf of the committee members, Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, who is the deputy minister. He's not new to the department. He was the ADM

Foreign Affairs   and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA for short. Last week, the Minister of International Development was at the Rafah gates calling for a ceasefire with a supposed concern about aid not getting into Gaza, yet he is the minister responsible for defunding