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House Hansard - 271

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 30, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 271 - Jan/30/24
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Jan/30/24 2:25:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Prime Minister said that “immigration levels are based on our capacity to welcome and integrate newcomers.” Unfortunately, that is entirely untrue. As early as 2022, his public service warned him that if he raised his immigration targets, he would worsen the housing crisis and other things. The Prime Minister went ahead and did it anyway. Now he has to fix a situation caused by his poor judgment. On November 1, the Prime Minister promised to review his immigration targets as early as 2024 on the basis of intake capacity and after speaking with Quebec. Will he keep his word?
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Context: House Hansard - 271 - Jan/30/24
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Jan/30/24 2:26:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals knew that increasing immigration levels would exacerbate the housing crisis. They did it anyway. Today, the consequences are blowing up in their face and there is no sign of them rectifying the situation, which they seem incapable of doing. No, on the contrary, in 2024, the number of immigrants will increase to 485,000 and in 2025, to 500,000. Even in the middle of a crisis, they continue to increase immigration targets against the advice of their public service and economists. When will they do the responsible thing and adjust immigration levels to integration capacity?
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Context: House Hansard - 271 - Jan/30/24
Hon. Marc Miller (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Jan/30/24 2:27:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member across the way seems to forget that we have a unique agreement with Quebec, the Canada-Quebec accord, which transfers more than $700 million a year to Quebec precisely to manage its levels. Quebec is almost exclusively responsible for choosing who comes to Quebec. We will work with Quebec to ensure that this is consistent with its integration capacity. I have a question for the member across the way. He seems to want to reduce immigration. Where would he like to make these cuts?
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