QUESTION PERIOD — Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Removal Orders
November 19, 2024
Senator Gold, these days, we have been hearing a lot about President Trump’s plan to deport 10 million illegal immigrants. What we have not been hearing as much about is the fact that the Trudeau government has a similar plan for temporary immigrants. Under the Trudeau government’s plan to reduce the number of temporary immigrants, in 2025, 1,262,801 people will have to return to their country of origin when their permit expires. Leader, relatively speaking, this plan is on par with Trump’s plan. I want to mention that I got these numbers from the Toronto Star, and I’m not just using Conservative Party talking points.
What is the government’s plan to ensure that these people leave Canada in 2025? We’re talking about 1.2 million people.
The Government of Canada has implemented a responsible plan to strike a better balance between our immigrants with different statuses and our ability to welcome them as a country in terms of public services, education, housing and so on.
The government has implemented responsible changes and will ensure that these programs are run in a way that respects human rights and is consistent with Canadian values.
Will you be giving the Canada Border Services Agency more resources to capture fugitives and forcibly deport them from Canada, or is this just another back-of-the-napkin plan devised in a Tofino restaurant between a couple of surf days?
That’s quite a hodgepodge of things to heap onto such a serious issue. Frankly, those statements aren’t appropriate for such an important matter. The government has a plan that it will implement responsibly, and it will continue to ensure that Canada strikes a balance between our needs and our ability to welcome and support immigrants.
