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House Hansard - 326

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 6, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Hon. Marc Miller (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Jun/6/24 2:41:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have met with many organizations in Montreal that do their best to welcome asylum seekers. They frequently tell me that they do not receive much money from Quebec, despite the fact that we have handed $5.2 billion over to Quebec since 2015. It is clear that extra effort is needed. That is what we have done by meeting with our counterparts. I just had a meeting with my provincial colleagues. The work will continue.
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Jun/6/24 2:41:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, here is another quote from the director of the Centre d'appui aux communautés immigrantes de Montréal, who said, “Maybe we need a more balanced distribution of asylum seekers among all Canadian provinces.” She is right. It is deeply unfair that she and community organizations in Quebec end up shouldering this burden. It is unfair that people like her are forced to say no to families who have no resources and need help because Ottawa has abandoned them. Enough talk. When will the government take action?
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Context: House Hansard - 326 - Jun/6/24
Hon. Marc Miller (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Jun/6/24 2:43:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member will have to wait until Monday to get an answer to that question, just like everyone else. The party that is doing nothing is the Bloc Québécois. For six months it has been asking for asylum claims to be fast-tracked. Yesterday, the geniuses in that party rose in the Standing Committee on Finance to oppose the measures to streamline the asylum system. It is shameful and utterly incoherent. Their ignorance knows no bounds.
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