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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship

During Question Period on immigration, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner said the government has lost control of the immigration system, citing high numbers of temporary foreign workers while Canadians look for work, an inability to track expired visas, and visas issued to people she described as terrorists, and asked why the minister had not been fired. Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos replied that the government is carrying out its platform, pointing to a decline in temporary residents and asylum seekers, a large cut to student permits, and steps to strengthen the borders.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Michelle Rempel Garner

Conservative

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“The government has lost control of immigration. It brought in hundreds of thousands of foreign workers while Canadians need jobs, cannot track expired visas, and gave visas to terrorists. Why has the Prime Minister not fired the minister?”
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister claims that he has taken back control of the immigration system, but that is kind of hard to believe. In the past year, his government has let in hundreds of thousands of new temporary foreign workers while Canadians cannot find jobs. They have no way of tracking whether millions of non-citizens on expired or expiring visas will leave. Now the government is issuing visas to terrorists, and every time the minister speaks, somehow she manages to make things worse. Why has the Prime Minister not fired her?

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Peter Fragiskatos

Liberal
“We are doing what we promised Canadians we would do. We have lowered the number of temporary residents and asylum seekers. We have cut student permits by 70 percent since 2014, and we are strengthening our borders.”

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Mr. Speaker, as I have shared with the House before, personal attacks speak for themselves. What do we see on this side of the House? We are working for Canadians, putting in place the platform that every single Liberal MP ran on, which is being executed now: a decline in the number of temporary residents, a decline in the number of people seeking asylum, working toward and improving the international student system, a 70% decline in the number of student permits issued since 2014, and an entry and exit system that is being strengthened in partnership with the CBSA. I could go on. We will continue to be serious. The Conservatives can continue to play games.

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