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House Hansard - 37

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 28, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22
Mr. Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach, NDP)
  • Feb/28/22 7:05:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I represent an Alberta district, Edmonton Griesbach, and many Ukrainian families have come to me looking for support, particularly for their loved ones overseas. Right now, the government's IRCC system is backlogged, broken and ineffective. Would the member please comment and elaborate on the need to reunify Ukrainian families and the need to ensure that IRCC plays a major role in reuniting Ukrainians and bringing them to safety?
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Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22
Mr. Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach, NDP)
  • Feb/28/22 9:11:48 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I spoke to some of my constituents recently on Thursday and Friday. Many of them were concerned with IRCC in light of the crisis. We have said that while prioritizing permanent residency applications and travel documents for Ukraine is a necessary measure, the Liberals must not repeat the mistakes that were made with the Afghanistan humanitarian crisis. They must ensure this work is done properly with new staffing, resources and immigration levels so that the existing significant backlog for all streams within IRCC is not further impacted. Does the member agree that the government should be allocating new resources to IRCC in order to process these new applications?
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Context: House Hansard - 37 - Feb/28/22
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • Feb/28/22 11:00:05 p.m.
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Madam Chair, one of the issues I am very cognizant of is, of course, the variety of measures that the Canadian government needs to put in place to support Ukrainians. With respect to immigration, the government has announced that some efforts have been made. However, we also just learned that the government is not putting additional resources to support that work within IRCC. If we do not put additional resources into it, I fear that the backlog within IRCC and other streams will just escalate, as we have seen before. What are the member's thoughts with respect to the government needing to put in additional resources to support immigration measures to support the people of Ukraine?
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