CIMM – AFGH 10.2 – Staffing Changes Relating to Special Immigration Measures for Afghanistan – February 8, 2023

Question

Ms. Jenny Kwan: Could the minister advise us how many existing staff or FTEs were assigned to process the special immigration measures for Afghan nationals, and how many new staff or FTEs were hired and when? Was there any change in staff deployment by IRCC for the Afghan measures since August 2021? If the committee could get those numbers if the minister doesn't have them at his fingertips, I would appreciate it. I'd like those numbers broken down by staff and FTEs, new and existing in the month to which this applies, and then the offices as well as the streams.

Hon. Sean Fraser: Do we want to just see if our officials have those now? I doubt they have that particular information at their fingertips, but if not, we can....

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Ms. Catrina Tapley: I have some, but I don't have it all. We have moved temporary duty officers into the region. We do them in rotations now to keep up that work. We have reprioritized staff from other lines of business to work on these particular lines of business, but for the exact number that we have used throughout, we'll have to get back to the member.

Ms. Jenny Kwan: I would appreciate getting the exact numbers broken down by streams, months and offices.