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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 119
Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 3:00 p.m. to 5:02 p.m.
Televised
Presiding
Robert Oliphant, Chair (Liberal)

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• Pam Damoff for Leona Alleslev (Liberal)
• Peter Fragiskatos for Marwan Tabbara (Liberal)
• Sean Fraser for Nick Whalen (Liberal)
• Alexandra Mendès for Randeep Sarai (Liberal)
• Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Conservative)
• Greg Fergus (Liberal)
House of Commons
• Jean-Denis Kusion, Procedural Clerk
 
Library of Parliament
• Julie Béchard, Analyst
• Brendan Naef, Analyst
Impact of Irregular Crossing of Canada's Southern Border
• Hon. Bill Blair, P.C., M.P., Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction
• Hon. Ahmed Hussen, P.C., M.P., Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Canada Border Services Agency
• John Ossowski, President
• Jacques Cloutier, Vice-President, Operations Branch
Department of Citizenship and Immigration
• Marta Morgan, Deputy Minister
• Paul MacKinnon, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic and Program Policy
• Mike MacDonald, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic and Program Policy
Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
• Vincent Rigby, Associate Deputy Minister
Amnesty International Canada
• Alex Neve, Secretary General
Matthew House, Toronto
• Anne Woolger, Founding Director
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
• Amy Casipullai, Senior Coordinator, Policy and Communications
Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées et immigrantes
• Stephan Reichhold, Director General
As an individual
• Seidu Mohammed
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Monday, July 16, 2018, the Committee resumed its study of the impact of irregular crossing of Canada's southern border.

Stephan Reichhold, Amy Casipullai, Anne Woolger, Alex Neve and Seidu Mohammed made statements and answered questions.

At 4:00 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:04 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Minister Hussen made a statement and, with Minister Blair and Mike MacDonald, answered questions.

At 5:02 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Evelyn Lukyniuk
Clerk of the Committee