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House Hansard - 211

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 12, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Jun/12/23 2:47:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I agree with much of my hon. colleague's question. I am glad to share that we have been working very hard, as we discussed in a recent meeting just a little more than a week ago. We are working to develop a process to ensure that those innocent students, who are the victims of fraud, will have an opportunity to remain in Canada. However, to the extent that people committed fraud, or were complicit in a fraudulent scheme, they will bear the consequences of choosing not to follow Canada's laws. I am hearing stories of students who are dealing with serious mental health concerns because of the uncertainty they are struggling with. We will put a process in place to allow them to prove that they were taken advantage of and provide an appropriate remedy for them.
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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Jun/12/23 2:53:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, to be absolutely clear, in the hon. member's question, when he refers to deficit spending, he is largely referring to the supports that kept families fed during the pandemic. The programs that we put forward helped keep a roof over the heads of kids in my community. They helped small businesses keep the lights on and the doors open. Some hon. members: Oh, oh! Hon. Sean Fraser: They can jeer during my response as they may, but Conservatives know this is true. In fact, they knew that— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Hon. Sean Fraser
  • Jun/12/23 2:53:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the deficit spending Conservatives are talking about included the pandemic supports that made sure that families in my community could keep food on the table and a roof over their kids' heads. Those supports helped small businesses keep the lights on and the doors open. Now they are blaming the Canadians who availed themselves of those pandemic benefits for the deficit spending they now are attributing inflation to. The reality is they do not support this spending now, and, at the time, their leader held a press conference in which he said that, as a Conservative, he did not support those big, fat government programs. However, I support them, because they kept my neighbours fed when they needed it.
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Context: House Hansard - 211 - Jun/12/23
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Jun/12/23 3:04:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, earlier in question period, I reminded the Conservatives that their leader, at the beginning of the pandemic, held a press conference where he decried our pandemic benefits as big, fat government programs. If members watch that video on the Internet, the member who posed the question is standing behind him. The reality is the spending we put in place has supported people through the pandemic. The Conservative solution to the cause of inflation is to spend less money on supporting the households that need it. We are going to continue to be there for Canadians to support health care, to help protect our environment and to make life more affordable. It is a shame the Conservatives will not join us.
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