CIMM - Citizenship and Immigration – December 05, 2023

Table of content

Opening statement

1. Minister’s Opening Statement
2. Narrative
3. CIMM Intelligence Dashboard

Supplementary estimates (B)

1. IRCC Supplementary Estimates (B)
   1. Refocusing Government Spending
   2. Full Time Equivalents in the IRCC Supplementary Estimates (B)
2. Immigration Levels Plan
   1. Additional Funding Related to the 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan
   2. Declining Departmental Budget
3. Housing Supports for Asylum Seekers
   1. Additional Funding Related to the Interim Housing Assistance Program (IHAP)
   2. Additional Funding Related to Hotels
4. Quebec Asylum
5. Permanent Resident Processing Times for Quebec Applicants
6. Canada-Québec Accord
7. Ukraine
   1. Canada Ukraine Overview
   2. Additional Funding Related to Ukraine
8. Temporary Resident Processing
   1. Additional Funding Related to Temporary Resident Processing
   2. Temporary Public Policy to Facilitate the Processing of Temporary Resident Visa Applications in the Inventory
9. Modernizing Canada’s Migration Systems
   1. Additional Funding Related to Digital Platform Modernization Phase 3

Top departmental issues

10. Inventories and Processing Times by Line of Business
11. Backlogs and Client Service
12. Temporary Foreign Workers
    1. Trusted Employer System with ESDC
    2. Open vs. Employer-Specific Work Permits
    3. UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
    4. Employer Compliance Regime
13. Construction Workers
14. Overview of the Office of the Auditor General Report Recommendations and Responses by IRCC
15. International Students
    1. Letter of Acceptance Verification
    2. Recognized Institutions Pilot
    3. Preventing Bad Actors in the International Student Program
    4. Housing Shortages
16. NextStar / Stellantis / LG Energy Solution
    1. Annex: Intra-Company Transferees (ICT) Work Permits Issued from 2018 to 2023 (October)
17. Dalian & Coradix
18. Mexico: Border Crossings/Asylum Claims
19. Situation in Gaza and the West Bank
20. Situation in Pakistan
21. India
22. Yeates Report
23. Litigation Backgrounder
24. McKinsey
25. Human Trafficking

Reference material

1. Relevant Order Paper Questions
   1. Q-1729 - Annexe A
   2. Q-1729 - Inquiry of Ministry
   3. Q-1772 - Inquiry of Ministry
2. Relevant Undertakings
   1. 78.1 - Annexe - Nombre de travailleurs qualifiés recrutés dans le cadre de tous les programmes au cours des deux dernières années
   2. CIMM – 78.1 - Annex - Number of skilled workers brought through all programs in the past two years
   3. CIMM 78.2 – Number of Skilled Workers Brought Through All Programs in the Past Two Years
   4. 78.2. F-1303658 Construction Stats
   5. 78.2 F-1303658 ConstructionNOCS_20231115
   6. List of Parliamentary Undertakings