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Conservatives filibuster House Immigration Committee meeting; call for study on Yazidi refugee resettlement

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At the House of Commons Immigration Committee, Conservative MPs read letter after letter from Yazidi refugees. They hope to start a study on family reunification. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

March 4, 2019

Last week Conservatives on the House Immigration and Citizenship Committee brought forward a motion calling for the examination of Yazidi family reunification in Canada. It's not unusual for a committee member to forward a motion for study, but the way Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, vice-ch...

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