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House Hansard - 278

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 8, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • Feb/8/24 10:53:59 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the leader of the Bloc for his fine speech. It is clear that the Liberal government has broken the immigration system. We absolutely need a plan for health care and affordable housing, but I have not seen a plan from the government. The Standing Committee on Official Languages studied immigration. We need many immigrants who speak French. However, once again, this government has no plan. What does the leader of the Bloc want to see in the plan for Quebec?
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • Feb/8/24 11:21:55 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, my question for the minister has to do with the recent announcement about cutting the number of foreign students in Ontario by 50%. Lambton College, in my riding, depends on those foreign students to keep tuition low. It produces nurses, personal support workers and paramedics. With the aging population, we need those workers. However, the minister decided that master's and Ph.D students could stay, while all the rest of these colleges would be cut. Lambton College built student housing, and it is building more student housing that will be there by the time the caps come into play. Will the minister either allow exemptions for colleges that are not part of the issue or revisit the decision that was made and maybe focus on eliminating the fake colleges in strip malls that exist?
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • Feb/8/24 11:56:16 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague has outlined some of the failures of the Liberal government in terms of huge backlogs in almost every area. I think it is important to point out, as well, the types of people who are being allowed in. We are talking about needing to build homes, but the numbers of construction workers are low. Meanwhile, there is an open door at Pearson airport, where people can just show up and claim refugee status.
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • Feb/8/24 12:37:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois talked about problems with the current immigration system. Here is my question. What would the Bloc Québécois's plan be if Quebec were responsible for immigration?
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • Feb/8/24 12:53:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I heard someone say today that there is a shortage of services for French language training in Montreal, in the riding of the member who gave her speech. What can the government do to increase services?
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • Feb/8/24 1:07:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am very concerned about the length of time it takes for every kind of immigration permit, whether it is a permanent resident card or a permanent work visa after someone has been a student. It is literally taking years, and the department has increased in size by 50%. Can the member tell us what exactly the Liberal government will do to bring down wait times?
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • Feb/8/24 1:21:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member opposite mentioned in her speech that we need nurses and construction workers, and I agree. We are short 100,000 construction workers in Ontario alone, and many thousands of nurses. The Minister of Immigration just made an arbitrary decision to cut, by 50% in Ontario, colleges, which produce nurses, construction workers and those kinds of things. Would the member commit to take this back to her caucus to try and get exemptions for colleges that are providing housing and adequate support, and producing the nurses and construction workers we need?
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Ms. Marilyn Gladu
  • Feb/8/24 5:55:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we request a recorded division.
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