“I want to spend my time talking about refugee rights and compassion. I think the U.S. is bad for arresting children. I want the government to spend more money on refugees.”
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A bill to make many changes to Canada's immigration and border control laws. During debate, Conservatives asked questions about specific cases and raised concerns about fraud, while the Liberal minister responded but often discussed unrelated topics like Canada Summer Jobs and praised a Liberal colleague.
“That makes me sad. My office is overwhelmed. I want the government to make immigration faster. I want to balance security and compassion.”
“I want to make a point. Our process is too slow. Skilled immigrants will go to other countries. We need to speed up the process.”
“When will the home care worker immigration program restart? It opened and closed quickly. My constituents are concerned.”
“I don't like that. We should let people bring their parents here to visit. The government is making it too hard. Why is it taking so long?”
“Maybe there's not enough money or staff. I want the minister to say more about what's causing the delays and the problems people are having.”
“I want the government to do more to be compassionate. Canadians are good people and taxpayers should pay for it.”
“The government isn't giving me enough. I want more money!”