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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

Question period dealt with immigration levels and the temporary foreign worker program. Conservatives said immigration was brought in too fast, straining housing, health care, wages and entry-level jobs, that cancelled apprenticeship grants hurt training of Canadian workers, and that the government has allowed fraud by employers, consultants and fake colleges while failing to remove people with no legal status; they called for lower immigration, faster removals, and priority for Canadian workers. Liberals replied that recent reforms have reduced the temporary resident and asylum populations and met levels targets, that employers must offer jobs to Canadians first before using the temporary foreign worker program, that over 23,000 ineligible people including more than a thousand with criminal records were removed last year, and that Conservative MPs have themselves written asking for more temporary foreign workers. Some exchanges also touched on worker shortages in Quebec and rural areas.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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