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{
"time": "2008-05-12 16:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Olivia Chow",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1106905\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is a question to the Arab Federation. Mr. Cohen laid out very clearly that it's really not about the backlog, because when you have a backlog, all you have to do is hire more people and set higher targets; that the minister has the power to do so now; and that these immigration changes will have nothing to do with the 925,000 people in the backlog anyway, because the implementation date, if this bill passes, is February 27, after the bill is introduced. So it has nothing to do with the 925,000 people in the backlog. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1106906\" data-originallang=\"en\">On top of that, Mr. Cohen said that the best and the brightest already have the capacity right now--if the minister chooses, or under the regulations under IRPA--to in fact come to Canada in an expedited manner. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1106907\" data-originallang=\"en\">So it's not about the backlog. It's not about getting skilled labour to come to Canada as quickly as possible. Why, then, do you think the Conservative government introduced these sweeping changes?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1106908\" data-originallang=\"en\">That's to whoever wants to tackle the question.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1106905\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ma question s'adresse \u00e0 la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration canado-arabe. M. Cohen l'a dit clairement, le probl\u00e8me, ce n'est pas l'arri\u00e9r\u00e9, car il suffirait de recruter davantage d'employ\u00e9s et de fixer des cibles plus \u00e9lev\u00e9es pour \u00e9liminer l'arri\u00e9r\u00e9. La ministre a d'ailleurs d\u00e9j\u00e0 le pouvoir de prendre ces mesures. De toute fa\u00e7on, les 925 000 personnes qui attendent qu'on traite leurs demandes ne profiteront pas des nouvelles dispositions du projet de loi puisque, s'il est adopt\u00e9, le projet de loi entrera en vigueur le 27 f\u00e9vrier. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1106906\" data-originallang=\"en\">De plus, comme M. Cohen l'a fait remarquer, les r\u00e8glements d\u00e9coulant de la LIPR permettent d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e0 la ministre de faire traiter en priorit\u00e9 les demandes des meilleurs candidats \u00e0 l'immigration. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1106907\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il ne s'agit donc pas d'\u00e9liminer l'arri\u00e9r\u00e9. Il ne s'agit pas non plus de faire entrer au Canada le plus rapidement possible des travailleurs qualifi\u00e9s. Par cons\u00e9quent, selon vous, pourquoi le gouvernement conservateur a-t-il propos\u00e9 des changements si radicaux?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1106908\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ma question s'adresse \u00e0 quiconque voudrait y r\u00e9pondre.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/39-2/42/olivia-chow-2/",
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"source_id": "2467255",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/39-2/42/",
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