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{
"time": "2026-06-17 14:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Jonathan Rowe (Terra Nova\u2014The Peninsulas, CPC)",
"fr": "Jonathan Rowe (Terra Nova\u2014Les P\u00e9ninsules, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416376\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I read a news article yesterday that said there are asylum seekers and claimants from Saint Pierre and Miquelon entering Canada through my part of the island. Are people coming from France, a G7 ally, really seeking asylum in Canada? Are these even legitimate asylum claims? Are folks just trying to navigate the globe to take advantage of our system?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416377\" data-originallang=\"en\">To the immigration minister, if these are legitimate asylum seekers, why are they seeking asylum in Newfoundland and Labrador rather than in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, where they landed?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416376\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, selon ce que j'ai lu hier dans un article, des demandeurs d'asile en provenance de Saint\u2011Pierre\u2011et-Miquelon entrent au Canada dans ma r\u00e9gion de l'\u00eele. Ces gens qui arrivent de France, un alli\u00e9 au sein du G7, cherchent-ils vraiment \u00e0 se r\u00e9fugier au Canada? S'agit-il m\u00eame de demandes d'asile l\u00e9gitimes? Est-ce qu'il y a des gens qui s'ing\u00e9nient \u00e0 sillonner le monde pour profiter de notre syst\u00e8me?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416377\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ma question s'adresse \u00e0 la ministre de l'Immigration. S'il s'agit de demandeurs d'asile l\u00e9gitimes, pourquoi demandent-ils l'asile \u00e0 Terre\u2011Neuve\u2011et-Labrador plut\u00f4t qu'\u00e0 Saint\u2011Pierre\u2011et-Miquelon, par o\u00f9 ils sont arriv\u00e9s?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/17/jonathan-rowe-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jonathan-rowe/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4672/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13589454",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship",
"fr": "L'immigration, les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et la citoyennet\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/17/",
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}
}