Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2021-02-24 14:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jasraj Singh Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Jasraj Singh Hallan (Calgary Forest Lawn, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6512420\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the minister continues to brush aside legitimate concerns from fed up Canadians and their loved ones, who are rightly frustrated and exhausted with the spousal sponsorship process. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6512421\" data-originallang=\"en\">Here are the facts. As of November 5, 2020, the backlogs numbered more than 50,000 applications for spousal sponsorship. Last month, it was reported the average processing time went up to 17 months for overseas applications compared to 12 months prior to the pandemic.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6512422\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Every day I hear heart-wrenching stories of Canadians experiencing significant mental, emotional and financial hardships from being separated from their loved ones because of IRCC backlogs and lengthy processing times, and in some cases even leading to suicide.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6512423\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is beyond overdue. The minister needs to finally clear the backlogs and bring these loved ones back together again. The government was slow to close borders, slow with the vaccine rollout, slow or non-existent to declaring Uighur genocide and slow to reunite families, all of which are costing lives.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6512420\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le ministre continue d'ignorer les pr\u00e9occupations l\u00e9gitimes de Canadiens qui en ont assez, de m\u00eame que leurs proches, et qui montrent de la frustration et de la fatigue, \u00e0 juste titre, \u00e0 propos du parrainage de conjoint.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6512421\" data-originallang=\"en\">Voici les faits. Le 5 novembre 2020, l'arri\u00e9r\u00e9 des demandes de parrainage de conjoint s'\u00e9levait \u00e0 plus de 50 000. Le mois dernier, on rapportait que le temps de traitement moyen avait augment\u00e9 et \u00e9tait d\u00e9sormais de 17 mois pour les demandes provenant de l'\u00e9tranger, comparativement \u00e0 12 mois avant la pand\u00e9mie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6512422\" data-originallang=\"en\">Chaque jour, on me raconte des histoires d\u00e9chirantes \u00e0 propos de Canadiens qui vivent des \u00e9motions et des difficult\u00e9s majeures d'ordre mental et financier parce qu'ils sont s\u00e9par\u00e9s de leurs proches en raison des arri\u00e9r\u00e9s et du temps de traitement interminable au minist\u00e8re de l'Immigration, des R\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et de la Citoyennet\u00e9 du Canada. Ces difficult\u00e9s en m\u00e8nent parfois certains jusqu'au suicide.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6512423\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'attente a assez dur\u00e9. Le ministre doit nous d\u00e9barrasser de ces arri\u00e9r\u00e9s pour r\u00e9unir enfin ces \u00eatres chers. Le gouvernement s'est montr\u00e9 lent \u00e0 fermer les fronti\u00e8res, lent \u00e0 distribuer les vaccins et lent ou m\u00eame absent quand est venu le temps de d\u00e9clarer que les Ou\u00efghours sont victimes d'un g\u00e9nocide. Il est aussi lent \u00e0 r\u00e9unir les familles. Toute cette lenteur co\u00fbte des vies.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2021/2/24/jasraj-singh-hallan-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jasraj-singh-hallan/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4563/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11153409",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements by Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship",
        "fr": "L'immigration, les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et la citoyennet\u00e9"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2021/2/24/",
    "related": {
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    }
}