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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting No. 25

Tuesday, July 19, 2016, 1:11 p.m. to 3:44 p.m.

Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street

Televised

Presiding

Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

NDP

Jenny Kwan

Acting Members present

• Peter Fragiskatos for Shaun Chen (Liberal)

• Guy Lauzon for David Tilson (Conservative)

Associate Members present

• Arif Virani (Liberal)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Julie Béchard, Analyst

• Sandra Elgersma, Analyst

Immigration Measures for the Protection of Vulnerable Groups

Witnesses

Canadian Council for Refugees

• Janet Dench, Executive Director

Canadian Refugee Sponsorship Agreement Holders Association

• Brian Dyck, Chair

The Right to Protection

• Aleksandr Galkin, Director

As an individual

• Gennadii Afanasiev

• Michael Bociurkiw, Former Spokesperson, Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

• Chantal Desloges, Lawyer, Desloges Law Group

• Iryna Dovhan

• Oleksandr Gryshchenko

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, June 16, 2016, the Committee resumed its study on immigration measures for the protection of vulnerable groups.

Oleksandr Gryshchenko, Iryna Dovhan and Gennadii Afanasiev, by videoconference from Kyiv, Ukraine, Aleksandr Galkin, by videoconference from Mariupol, Ukraine and Michael Bociurkiw made statements and answered questions.

At 2:44 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 2:50 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Janet Dench, by videoconference from Montréal, Québec, Brian Dyck, by videoconference from Winnipeg, Manitoba and Chantal Desloges made statements and answered questions.

At 3:44 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Julie Geoffrion

Committee Clerk