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House Hansard - 66

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 6, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Mrs. Marie-France Lalonde (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • May/6/22 11:26:21 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, more than 24,000 Ukrainians have come to Canada since the beginning of January. As the Prime Minister announced, we will charter planes to bring more Ukrainians to Canada. I also want to acknowledge Canadians and Quebeckers for being so generous and for coming together to welcome Ukrainians at this historic moment for Canada. Again, I thank the member for her question.
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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Mrs. Marie-France Lalonde (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • May/6/22 11:27:39 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, as I said, more than 24,000 Ukrainians have arrived and hundreds more are arriving every day. I would also like to mention that we have introduced an innovative program in partnership with Air Canada, The Shapiro Foundation and Miles4Migrants. It will allow us to welcome 10,000 Ukrainians and their families. These are free flights to Canada. More than 2,000 Canadians have donated more than 140 million Aeroplan points to the Ukraine2Canada travel fund. On this side of the House, we are always going to do more, not less.
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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Mrs. Marie-France Lalonde (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • May/6/22 11:28:59 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. Last year, we welcomed over 405,000 new permanent residents, the largest number of newcomers in a single year in Canadian history. I would like to let my esteemed colleague know that, in the first quarter of this year, we set even more records. We processed over 157,000 permanent residence applications and issued over 100,000 work permits and over 10,000 study permits a week. We have made considerable investments, and we will continue to be there for people who choose Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Mrs. Marie-France Lalonde (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • May/6/22 11:30:21 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her advocacy on this. Last year, we welcomed more than 405,000 new permanent residents: the greatest number of newcomers in a year in Canadian history. In the first quarter of this year, we hit even more records, processing over 157,000 permanent residence applications and issuing more than 100,000 work permits, and we are processing over 10,000 study permits per week as we are further boosting the processing capacity at IRCC with an investment of—
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