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Hon. Marc Miller

Member of Parliament
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Liberal

Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs
Quebec
Voting Attendance: 66%
Expenses Last Quarter: $97,404.09

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Context: House Hansard - 237 - Oct/23/23

Hon. Marc Miller (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)

Oct/23/23 2:49:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think it is important not to deny the reality that systemic racism exists within IRCC, as well as the fact that it exists throughout the public service. We need to address it. It has real impacts on people who are looking to come to Canada. There are also some of the facts the member has stated. I would note that, thankfully, the Auditor General produced a report that will help as a guide. I have asked my deputy minister to continue her work in fighting systemic racism. I would also note that some of the thresholds have gone up in western Africa since the reference point, but it is not enough; we have to do better.

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Context: House Hansard - 222 - Sep/21/23

Hon. Marc Miller (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)

Sep/21/23 2:34:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, clearly our government institutions are subject to systemic racism. We should not deny that. Better than that, we need to act on it. It is why I have instructed my deputy minister to work with her team to make sure that we are addressing racism and systemic racism across the government but particularly in Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. If we look at the statistics online with respect to African migration, the statistics have gone up. We need to do better and we need to look at the way we process those things because we need to have a discussion about race in this country.

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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21

Hon. Marc Miller (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Lib.)

Dec/8/21 11:14:21 p.m.
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Madam Chair, as we know, with the tragic death of Joyce Echaquan, indigenous peoples dread having to use health care services across the country. We know that the federal government has a moral duty to outline the state of affairs. Systemic racism exists right across the country, from British Columbia to Quebec. It is everywhere. I am forced to acknowledge it so we can make the necessary investments to ensure that people get the first-class service they deserve. In the 2020-21 budget, our government invested $133 million to provide funding for indigenous people to bring along an advocate to ensure they receive high-quality care. The federal government's role is to approach provincial governments and to work with the territories to ensure that this serious problem is eradicated once and for all.

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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21

Hon. Marc Miller

Dec/8/21 9:47:05 p.m.
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Madam Chair, one of the sobering reflections that we heard and, particularly, I have heard directly from Joyce Echaquan's husband on the devastating loss of Joyce Echaquan, is that this was not her only negative interaction with the health care system, she also had that when she was giving birth to her seven children. There is a very poignant article that Mr. Dubé has published in the CBC and APTN about his own experience raising his children as a single father. We have invested $130 million specifically in eradicating systemic racism in the health care system. It really involves the provinces and territories, and everyone has to be committed to it. We cannot have a system that treats indigenous people as third-class citizens. They are at their most vulnerable when they are either interacting with police forces or in a health care scenario where they should be getting what we should be giving to them, which is first-class health services. This is an all-of-government approach—

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