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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM)
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 7
Thursday, February 17, 2022, 11:04 a.m. to 1:13 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Salma Zahid, Chair (Liberal)

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• Julie Béchard, Analyst
• Madalina Chesoi, Analyst
• Martin McCallum, Analyst
Recruitment and Acceptance Rates of Foreign Students
• Hon. Sean Fraser, P.C., M.P., Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Department of Citizenship and Immigration
• Marian Campbell Jarvis, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic and Program Policy
• Daniel Mills, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations
• Corinne Prince, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Settlement and Integration
• Pemi Gill, Director General, International Network
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, the committee resumed its study of the recruitment and acceptance rates of foreign students.

The Minister made a statement and answered questions.

The Minister answered questions.

At 12:05 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:10 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Marian Campbell Jarvis, Daniel Mills, Corinne Prince and Pemi Gill answered questions.

At 12:31 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:32 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Motion

Brad Redekopp moved, — Whereas, officials from the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada have appeared at the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on the dates of February 15 and February 17, 2022. The committee send for all briefing notes, memos and emails from senior officials, prepared for the Minister and Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship regarding biases or racism within the department; and action plan and/or timelines to address said biases or racism; that the committee receive the information no later than Wednesday, March 30, 2022; that matters of Cabinet confidence and national security be excluded from the request; and that any redactions to protect the privacy of Canadian citizens and permanent residents whose names and personal information may be included in the documents, as well as public servants who have been providing assistance on this matter, be made by the Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel of the House of Commons and that these documents be posted on the committee’s web page.

The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Shafqat Ali, Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Sukh Dhaliwal, Fayçal El-Khoury, Rosemarie Falk, Jasraj Singh Hallan, Arielle Kayabaga, Jenny Kwan, Marie-France Lalonde, Brad Redekopp, Kyle Seeback — 11;

NAYS: — 0.

ORDERED, — Whereas, officials from the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada have appeared at the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on the dates of February 15 and February 17, 2022. The committee send for all briefing notes, memos and emails from senior officials, prepared for the Minister and Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship regarding biases or racism within the department; and action plan and/or timelines to address said biases or racism; that the committee receive the information no later than Wednesday, March 30, 2022; that matters of Cabinet confidence and national security be excluded from the request; and that any redactions to protect the privacy of Canadian citizens and permanent residents whose names and personal information may be included in the documents, as well as public servants who have been providing assistance on this matter, be made by the Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel of the House of Commons and that these documents be posted on the committee’s web page.

At 1:13 p.m., the committe adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Stephanie Bond
Clerk of the Committee