e-640 (Immigration)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-23-16 Government Response to petitions concerning immigration
- Closure of government operations and facilities
- Department of Citizenship and Immigration
- Layoffs and job losses
- Vegreville
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- The closure of the Case Processing Centre in Vegreville (CPC) will have such a negative impact on the town;
- The town has a total population of less than 6000 people;
- About 280 people work at CPC;
- The closure will affect all the businesses in town as many families will move to Edmonton;
- This will negatively affect the development of Vegreville as a rural area;
- All businesses depend on the town's population and may leave Vegreville, causing even more residents to lose their jobs;
- Residents will have to pay more property taxes to the town, which is already very high;
- CPC is offering a great work experience to high school students, who can work causal in the summer time;
- This CPC closure will affect all the town services including schools, which will have less students;
- Less population will affect the Hospital and health services which may also cause the lay-off of more health workers;
- All the investments that are/were spent on the development of the town will be affected;
- Many people that may get laid-off will turn to the government for financial support; and
- Residents want to keep all government services/businesses to stay in Vegreville.
- Open for signature
- November 3, 2016, at 10:38 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- March 3, 2017, at 10:38 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Shannon Stubbs
(Lakeland)
June 21, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01604) - Government response tabled
- September 18, 2017