Citizenship and Immigration – June 17, 2019: Officials from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration brief MPs on a new settlement service pilot where 11 rural communities are chosen to receive and integrate new families. They (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – May 29, 2019: Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen defends his departmental budgets allocated in the 2019-2020 main estimates. Minister Hussen discusses asylum claims, improving temporary housing, and more. (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – May 7, 2019 – Part 2: The committee hears from refugee and human rights organizations for its study on measures in Bill C-97, a budget implementation bill, which deal with immigration and asylum (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – May 7, 2019 – Part 1: Border Security Minister Bill Blair fields questions from the committee over provisions in Bill C-97, a budget implementation bill, which deals with Canada’s immigration and (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – May 6, 2019 – Part 1: Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen speaks to the committee on the government’s strategy to regulate immigration consultants. Appearing alongside the minister are the (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – May 6, 2019 – Part 2: The committee continues its study of a measure in Bill C-97, a budget implementation bill, that deals with the regulation of immigration consultants. Participating in the (...)

Democracy is under pressure. An election is ahead. Truth and trust will be tested. Peter Van Dusen and Karyn Pugliese host a discussion on the threats and challenges facing democracy today, and a look at ways forward. (April 17, 2019)

Citizenship and Immigration – April 10, 2019: The members of the committee continue their study of settlement services across Canada with testimony from a variety of organizations that specialize in helping immigrants integrate into (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – April 1, 2019 : Representatives from a variety of community organizations appear before the committee to answer questions on settlement services for immigrants that are provided by non-traditional (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – March 18, 2019: Officials from the Department of Citizenship and Immigration respond to questions from MPs on their department’s supplementary budget estimates for 2018-19. They also answer questions (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – February 20, 2019: Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen and Border Security Minister Bill Blair field questions about their departmental budgets allocated in the 2018-2019 supplementary estimates. Some of (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – February 6, 2019: MPs hear from immigration and community-support centres about their experiences in assisting newcomers to Canada for the committee’s study on settlement services across Canada. (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – February 4, 2019: MPs continue their study on settlement services across Canada. Conservative MP Michelle Rempel raises a motion for the committee to hold a joint study on Canada’s immigration security (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – January 30, 2019: MPs begin their study on settlement services across Canada. Conservative MP David Tilson first raises a point of order to hear from Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen and Border Security (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – December 11, 2018: MPs continue their study of migration challenges and opportunities for Canada in the 21st century, including a look at regulatory barriers to the promotion of international students (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – November 29, 2018: Jean-Nicholas Beuze, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ representative in Canada, discusses the importance of the UN global compact on migration and Canada’s (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – November 22, 2018: MPs hear from migration and refugee advocates on the United Nations’ new Global Compact for Safe, Regular and Orderly Migration. Speaking in the first panel are Michele Klein Solomon (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – November 1, 2018: Investigation of the global patterns and experiences of both forced and voluntary migration, with emphasis on Canada’s responsibilities and requirements. The witnesses are Long (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – October 30, 2018: Insights on migration challenges and opportunities for Canada in the 21st century, with an emphasis on the labour force and the economy. Also, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel discusses (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – October 18, 2018: MPs hear from refugee lawyers and law professors in their study on the challenges and opportunities for Canada concerning the global migration crisis. Speaking to the committee are the (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – October 16, 2018: Peteris Ustub, ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union to Canada, appears before the committee to discuss what lessons Canada can learn from Europe’s handling of the global (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – October 4, 2018: MPs continue their study about migration challenges and opportunities for Canada. Forming the first panel are the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre’s Alexandra Bilak and Ryerson (...)

Citizenship and Immigration – September 27, 2018: Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) representative in Canada, appears before the committee for its study on migration challenges and (...)

MPs continue their study on immigration to Altantic Canada. Adam Mugridge (product development manager, Louisbourg Seafoods Ltd.), Wadih Fares (president and chief executive officer, W.M. Fares Group) and Gerry Mills (executive director, (...)

The committee holds another meeting on its immigration study for Atlantic Canada. The following witnesses outline some of population challenges for the region: James Ted McDonald (economics professor, University of New Brunswick); Kevin (...)

Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen discuss immigration in francophone minority communities. (June 14, 2017)

The committee resumes its study on Atlantic Canada immigration. New Brunswick Liberal MP Alaina Lockhart describes some of the concerns her constituents have about the sustainability and growth of their communities and the local economy. (...)

Kareem El-Assal (The Conference Board of Canada), Fraser Valentine (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada), Kate Subak (Century Initiative) and Christopher Worswick (Carleton University) examine how many immigrants Canada needs to (...)

The committee continues its study on immigration to Atlantic Canada. Jordi Morgan (vice-president, Atlantic Canada, Canadian Federation of Independent Business), Juanita Ford (manager, workforce and industry development, Hospitality (...)

The committee begins its study on immigration to Atlantic Canada. The study was initiated by a private member’s motion (M-39) sponsored by Liberal MP Alaina Lockhart. MPs first hear from senior Citizenship and Immigration officials (...)