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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 128
Thursday, October 25, 2018, 3:42 p.m. to 5:32 p.m.
Presiding
Robert Oliphant, Chair (Liberal)

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NDP

• René Arseneault for Ramez Ayoub (Liberal)
• Sean Casey for Randeep Sarai (Liberal)
• Yves Robillard for Salma Zahid (Liberal)
• Bob Saroya for Larry Maguire (Conservative)
• Kevin Waugh for David Tilson (Conservative)
Library of Parliament
• Julie Béchard, Analyst
• Madalina Chesoi, Acting Analyst
Migration Challenges and Opportunities for Canada in the 21st Century
As individuals
• Bernard Duhaime, Full Professor, Département des sciences juridiques, Faculté de science politique et de droit, Université du Québec à Montréal
• Tanya Basok, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Windsor
• Mahdi Yousefi Koopaei
International Crisis Group
• Sofía Martínez Fernández, Analyst, Central America
Iranian Canadian Congress
• Pouyan Tabasinejad, Vice-President
Migration Policy Institute
• Kate Hooper, Associate Policy Analyst
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, March 1, 2018, the Committee resumed its study of migration challenges and opportunities for Canada in the 21st century.

Tanya Basok, by videoconference from Windsor, Ontario, and Sofía Martínez Fernández, by videoconference from New York, New York, made statements.

At 4:00 p.m., by unanimous consent and pursuant to Standing Order 115(5), it was agreed that the Committee continue to sit.

Bernard Duhaime made a statement.

At 4:12 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:53 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Pouyan Tabasinejad, by videoconference from Toronto, Ontario, Mahdi Yousefi Koopaei, by videoconference from Calgary, Alberta, and Kate Hooper, by videoconference from Los Angeles, California, made statements and answered questions.

At 5:32 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Evelyn Lukyniuk
Clerk of the Committee