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House Hansard - 66

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 6, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Ms. Ya'ara Saks (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • May/6/22 11:22:43 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, we have been preparing for this for some time. As early as December, we hired 500 new employees to process passports. We opened three new processing centres around the country, and over the weekends we opened as many locations as possible to serve Canadians. In addition to that, over 300 Service Canada centres are processing passport applications for Canadians. We continue to do more to alleviate this unprecedented level of demand for service.
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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • May/6/22 11:28:21 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, for the past two years, immigration processing times have been ridiculous. Thousands of people are waiting. They have no idea what is going on, and the government is not treating them with respect. These are human tragedies, uprooted lives and broken dreams. The Liberals can see that, yet they do nothing. They tell people to contact their MP, but our offices can only handle five applications at a time. This is insane; we are getting dozens of desperate calls every day. When will the Liberals commit the necessary resources to treat these people with a modicum of respect?
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