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Lena Metlege Diab Liberal
“I agree with my colleague that immigration rules must work for small and rural communities, not just big ones. That is why we started an immigration program for Atlantic Canada.”
“Mr. Chair, first, I really want to thank my colleague from South Shore—St. Margarets for her passion and her advocacy, not only for her own constituency, but also for all rural and remote communities across the country. She eloquently spoke, and she is definitely right; we both come from the same province of Nova Scotia. In fact, our constituencies are right beside each other. She knows that I also know that one size does not fit all when we talk about immigration. That is something that was entrenched in me, when I became a federal minister, from smaller provinces and smaller communities, and because of that, I am very happy to say that the Atlantic immigration pilot that was started in 2018—”
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Mr. Chair, first, I really want to thank my colleague from South Shore—St. Margarets for her passion and her advocacy, not only for her own constituency, but also for all rural and remote communities across the country. She eloquently spoke, and she is definitely right; we both come from the same province of Nova Scotia. In fact, our constituencies are right beside each other. She knows that I also know that one size does not fit all when we talk about immigration. That is something that was entrenched in me, when I became a federal minister, from smaller provinces and smaller communities, and because of that, I am very happy to say that the Atlantic immigration pilot that was started in 2018—