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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM)

42nd Parliament, 1st Session

Meeting No. 34

Tuesday, October 25, 2016, 3:35 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Room 268, The Valour Building

Presiding

Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Chair (Liberal)

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Members of the Committee present

Liberal

Conservative

NDP

Jenny Kwan

Acting Members present

• Iqra Khalid for Salma Zahid (Liberal)

• Geng Tan for Marwan Tabbara (Liberal)

Associate Members present

• Arif Virani (Liberal)

In attendance

Library of Parliament

• Sandra Elgersma, Analyst

Family Reunification

Witnesses

As an individual

• Gishelle Albert

• Jeffrey Reitz, Professor, R.F. Harney Ethnic and Immigration and Pluralism Studies, University of Toronto

Davenport-Perth Neighbourhood and Community Health Centre

• Erika Garcia, Settlement Worker

Newcomer Centre of Peel

• Effat Ghassemi, Executive Director

New Brunswick Multicultural Council

• Alex LeBlanc, Executive Director

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, February 25, 2016, the Committee resumed its study on family reunification.

Effat Ghassemi, by videoconference from Mississauga, Ontario, Jeffrey Reitz, by videoconference from Toronto, Ontario, and Alex LeBlanc made statements and answered questions.

At 4:34 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:37 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Erika Garcia and Gishelle Albert made statements and answered questions.

At 5:30 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Erica Pereira

Clerk of the Committee