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Q-1343
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Monday, June 15, 2026 |
With regard to the continuing designation of the United States of America as a safe third country under section 102 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, for the period from December 2022 to present:
(a) has the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or any other minister made any determination that the United States of America may no longer meet one or more of the conditions required under subsection 102(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for designation as a safe third country, and, if so, please provide details on this determination including the date of determination and criteria cited for the determination;
(b) has the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or any other minister issued a report to the Governor in Council on whether the United States of America meets the conditions under subsection 102(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for designation as a safe third country, and, if so, for each report
(i) what is the date,
(ii) will the government table in the House a copy of the unredacted report;
(c) has the Governor in Council considered whether the United States of America meets the conditions under subsection 102(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act for designation as a safe third country, and, if so,
(i) what were the Governor in Council’s conclusions,
(ii) on what date were these conclusions made;
(d) is the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or any other minister maintaining data on Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention for individuals Canada transferred to United States authorities, and, if so, what are the details of the data;
(e) is the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or any other minister maintaining data on the use of Asylum Cooperative Agreements for individuals returned to the United States under the safe third country agreement in violation of the safe third country Agreement, and, if so, what are the details of the data;
(f) has the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship or any other Minister requested assurances from United States authorities that Asylum Cooperative Agreements are not in use for detainees; and
(g) when is the date of the next review of the United States of America's safe third country designation scheduled to take place, and what are the timelines and procedures for its completion? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1341
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Monday, June 15, 2026 |
With regard to applications received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada categorized under the 2026 levels plan for the category of Humanitarian and Compassionate and Other:
(a) how many applications have been
(i) received,
(ii) processed,
(iii) approved,
(iv) denied,
(v) withdrawn,
(vi) backlogged;
(b) what is the number of applications in (a)(i) through (a)(iv) received from
(i) Ukraine,
(ii) Sudan,
(iii) Hong Kong Stream A,
(iv) Hong Kong Stream B;
(c) on what dates were applications in (b)(i) through (b)(iv)
(i) received,
(ii) processed,
(iii) approved,
(iv) backlogged;
(d) what is the expected length of time it will take to process applications under the Humanitarian and Compassionate and Other category given the levels plan is limited to 6,900;
(e) do the Humanitarian and Compassionate application processing times refer to first stage processing, first and second stage processing, or something else;
(f) do the application processing times apply to all Humanitarian and Compassionate applications or are there any exemptions, and, if so, please explain; and
(g) do the Immigration Levels determine these processing times? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1340
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Monday, June 15, 2026 |
With regard to the approximately 130 applications from Palestinian students in Gaza, Egypt or displaced in other countries that have received admission offers from Canadian universities and scholarships, research stipends, or awards from other institutions and agencies such as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec, received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: (a) what is the date range of the applications received from individuals displaced in other third countries; (b) how many of the applications in (a) have (i) been approved, (ii) been rejected, (iii) been withdrawn, (iv) terminated because the applicant was killed, (v) completed biometrics, (vi) are awaiting biometrics, (vii) been offered alternate biometric collection methods, (viii) completed all background checks and interviews, and await a decision, (ix) previously been approved for a study permit in Canada, (x) been approved and await official exit clearance; (c) of the applicants approved, how many names have been submitted to the governments of Israel or Egypt to request official exit clearance; and (d) what is the expected length of time it will take to process the remaining applications? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-1339
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Monday, June 15, 2026 |
With regard to applications received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, broken down by immigration stream and type of application: (a) how many applications are in the backlog for the (i) Federal Skilled Worker Program, (ii) Federal Skilled Trades Program, (iii) Canadian Experience Class, (iv) Start-up Visa Program, (v) Self-employed Persons Program, (vi) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Home Care Worker Immigration: Child Care pilot, (vii) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Home Care Worker Immigration: Home Support pilot, (viii) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Home Child Care Provider Pilot, (ix) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Home Support Worker Pilot, (x) Caring for People with High Medical Needs, (xi) Interim Pathway for Caregiver, (xii) Live-in Caregiver Program, (xiii) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Agri-Food Pilot, (xiv) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Rural Community Immigration Pilot, (xv) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot, (xvi) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Francophone Community Immigration Pilot, (xvii) Economic-Federal Economic Pilots: Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot, (xviii) Economic- Atlantic Immigration Program, (xix) Economic- Provincial Nominee Program, (xx) Economic- Quebec Skilled Workers and Business, (xxi) Family - Spouses, Partners and Children, (xxii) Family - Parents and Grandparents, (xxiii) Refugees and Protected Persons - Protected Persons in Canada, (xxiv) Refugees and Protected Persons - Dependents Abroad of Protected Persons in Canada, (xxv) Refugees and Protected Persons - Resettled Refugees – Government Assisted, (xxvi) Refugees and Protected Persons - Resettled Refugees – privately sponsored, (xxvii) Humanitarian & Compassionate: Humanitarian and Compassionate, (xxviii) Ukraine PR pathway for Ukrainian nationals with family in Canada, (xxix) Family-based permanent residence pathway for people affected by the conflict in Sudan, (xxx) Hong Kong Pathways Stream “A”, (xxxi) Hong Kong Pathways Hong Kong Stream “B”; (b) for each stream in (a), what is the length of the backlog; (c) for each stream in (a), what is the date range of applications currently being processed; and (d) for each stream in (a), what is the estimated time required to clear the backlog? |
Awaiting response |
Monday, September 21, 2026 |
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Q-443
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025 |
With regard to authorization to travel to Canada by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada:
(a) what are the criteria and process by which it is established whether someone is eligible to travel to Canada;
(b) if an individual does not have a criminal record, on what other basis can they be denied entry;
(c) who has the authority to determine whether an individual or group is ineligible to enter into Canada, aside from the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and Canada Border Services Agency officials at the border;
(d) who has the authority to delegate that authority;
(e) has the authority ever been delegated to a parliamentary secretary, and, if so, when and what are the details, including the (i) year, (ii) title of the parliamentary secretary; (f) what are the communication protocols and procedures in place when the decision to ban an individual or group is made;
(g) was the member for Eglinton—Lawrence authorized to announce that members of the musical group Kneecap were ineligible to enter the country, and, if so, who authorized the announcement and was this decision formally communicated to Kneecap by government officials;
(h) did government officials advise the member for Eglinton—Lawrence regarding the ban of Kneecap, and, if so, which department were the officials from; (i) was the Prime Minister’s Office involved in the decision for the member for Eglinton—Lawrence to make the announcement;
(j) were Kneecap members ever denied the right to entry at any point in the process;
(k) are Kneecap members currently allowed to enter Canada;
(l) what are the process and criteria being followed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in this case, are there appeal mechanisms, and, if so, what appeal mechanisms are available;
and (m) was there any consultation with other federal departments or agencies, including, but not limited to, Public Safety Canada, the Canada Border Services Agency and Global Affairs Canada, or third parties such as stakeholder groups prior to, or following, the announcement made by the member for Eglinton—Lawrence regarding Kneecap, and, if so, what was the response? |
Answered |
Monday, November 24, 2025 |
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Q-288
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Thursday, June 19, 2025 |
With regard to the planned budgetary reductions for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and the Canada Border Services Agency: (a) is Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada moving forward with a Deficit Reduction Action Plan in 2024 and, if so, what it the targeted budget reduction for the Department in percentage and actual dollars broken down by (i) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (ii) province or territory; (b) what specific programs or services within Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada are projected to experience reductions in funding as part of the Deficit Reduction Action Plan in 2024–25, 2025–26, and 2026–27, broken down by (i) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (ii) province or territory, (iii) full-time employee reduction; (c) how will the anticipated Deficit Reduction Action Plan affect processing times for applicants, broken down by each immigration stream, including the processing of study permits, work visas and travel visas; (d) what measures will Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada implement to ensure the Deficit Reduction Action Plan does not adversely impact service delivery standards for applicants and stakeholders, including settlement organizations; (e) what workforce adjustments or layoffs, if any, are planned within Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to accommodate the Deficit Reduction Action Plan, and what impacts are anticipated on staffing levels or full-time employees and employee workloads, broken down by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region; (f) how does Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada plan to engage with and communicate these changes to key stakeholders, including provinces, territories, settlement agencies and impacted applicants; (g) how much funding has been refocused away from the Canada Border Services Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in the federal government’s refocused spending initiative, broken down by year in these program areas, (i) border security and enforcement, (ii) customs and trade facilitation, (iii) traveller screening, (iv) citizenship and passport services, (v) refugee resettlement; and (h) what is funding that has been refocused away from Canada Border Services Agency and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in the federal government’s refocused spending initiative being redirected toward, broken down by year? |
Answered |
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 |
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Q-73
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Friday, May 30, 2025 |
With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's settlement and resettlement services: (a) what is the national budget for settlement services for each fiscal year starting from 2024-25 and the subsequent three years to 2027-28, aligned with the three-year Immigration Levels Plan, broken down by (i) category or type of service (i.e. language training, information and referrals, integration support services, employment related support services, etc., including Francophone, rural and remote targets), (ii) municipality, (iii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (iv) province or territory; (b) what are the projected national budgets for settlement services for the following five fiscal years, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) municipality, (iii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (iv) province or territory; (c) what is the current Settlement Allocation Model and permanent residency data used for the last five years and next three years to allocate funding to each region; (d) have there been any modifications to the Settlement Allocation Model since 2022, and, if so, what are the changes and how did they impact funding levels, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) municipality, (iii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (iv) province or territory; (e) if there haven't been any modifications to the Settlement Allocation Model since 2022, does the department intend that this model remain in use to determine the funding allocations in 2025-26, 2026-27 and 2027-28; (f) how many new service providers received funding in the most recent Call for Proposals in comparison to Call for Proposals 2019, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) municipality, (iii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (iv) province or territory; (g) was funding for new service providers added to the existing national settlement budget, or was the budget increased to include new providers; (h) regarding the most recent Call for Proposals, how many existing service providers experienced funding reductions, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) reduction by percentage, (iii) municipality, (iv) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (v) province or territory; (i) regarding the most recent Call for Proposals, how many service providers did not receive funding as a result of not having their contracts renewed, broken down by (i) category or type of service, (ii) municipality, (iii) Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada region, (iv) province or territory; (j) what strategies has the department implemented to transition clients from one service provider to another, in instances where contracts have not been renewed or funding has been reallocated, including settlement supports to displaced Ukrainians on Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel visas that must transition out of support by March 31, 2025, broken down by (i) service delivery model (i.e. in-person, remote, online), (ii) when it will be operationalized; (k) what policy changes is the department undertaking to the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada in the 2025-28 funding period; and (l) will the government continue to offer Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada first and second stage classes to permanent residents wishing to enter the labour market? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
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Q-36
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025 |
With regard to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada's pathway for Colombian, Haitian and Venezuelan nationals: (a) how many individuals have been admitted to Canada under this special immigration measure to date, broken down by nationality; (b) what are the initial settlement locations of individuals admitted under the special immigration measure, broken down by province and territory; (c) what specific eligibility criteria were applied to assess applicants under this policy, specifically regarding evidence of displacement or vulnerability to displacement; (d) was there any mechanism implemented to verify whether applicants had been displaced or forcibly displaced or otherwise affected by conditions cited as justification for this policy; (e) why did the government reduce its initial commitment for this humanitarian measure from 15,000 persons to 11,000 persons, and what were the factors that influenced this decision; and (f) did the government consult with international organizations, humanitarian organizations, or Canadian civil society in the development of this policy, and, if so, (i) which organizations were consulted, (ii) what was the extent of those consultations, (iii) what feedback or recommendations from those consultations were incorporated? |
Answered |
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
