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Alice Wong in Question Period
On May 7, 2018, Alice Wong asked a question during Question Period. The topic was on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
The following is a transcript:
Hon. Alice Wong (Richmond Centre, CPC):
Mr. Speaker, truly vulnerable refugees in the world do not have the means to fly to the United States and sneak across the Canadian border. Many anguish in refugee camps, waiting in a 45,000 case private sponsorship backlog. They cannot jump the line, yet the Liberals are allowing others to do just that. How is that fair or compassionate?
Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.):
Mr. Speaker, the Harper Conservatives would not know what compassion is if it hit them in the face.
The Harper Conservatives cut $400 million from border security operations, and they pretend to care about the border. The Harper Conservatives kept families apart, with spouses, live-in caregivers, children, and others in queues. We inherited a huge, ballooning backlog under the privately sponsored refugees.
The Conservatives have no idea what compassion is about. They did not care about the Yazidi refugees.
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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