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Gérard Deltell

  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Louis-Saint-Laurent
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $128,105.00

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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Feb/8/24 1:53:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Saint-Jean for her speech, which was interesting as always. I think that 338 parliamentarians can say with one voice that our riding offices are overwhelmed with the backlog of immigration applications. There is a backlog of nearly one million applications. That is the reality after eight years of this Liberal government. Could the member tell us if she is seeing this situation in her riding? How is she managing the situation?
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Context: House Hansard - 243 - Oct/31/23
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Oct/31/23 4:03:09 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate your patience. I arrived in the House and in this seat at just the right time. I listened carefully to the comments from my colleague from Winnipeg North. We can all agree that immigration is a strength for our country. I am the son of immigrants, and I am very proud of that. I have to preserve it. The point is that, in today's reality, after eight years of the government, what we see is a backlog for 2.2 million people. As my colleague from the Bloc said, they are not cases; they are people. People are waiting to have clearance from the government. After eight years, 2.2 million people are waiting. Does my colleague think that is a good situation for Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 243 - Oct/31/23
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Oct/31/23 10:26:53 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in my riding, we receive dozens of new immigration files every week. I warmly thank Isabelle Turcotte-Genest, who works in my riding office and who manages the immigration files. Not a weekend goes by where I do not receive thanks from my constituents because of her great work. I want to acknowledge her. I assume that this happens in other ridings as well. According to figures dating from September 30, there is a backlog of more than 2.2 million immigration files here, in Canada. In our view, the Liberal government's mismanagement is what is preventing it from focusing on the right targets. First and foremost, we need to make sure that immigrants coming to Canada are properly integrated. Unfortunately, there is a backlog of more than two million files. I would like to hear my colleague’s comments on this.
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