House of Commons Canada, ‘LGBTQ+ At Risk Abroad: Canada’s Call to Action: Report of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration’, House of Commons Canada, 2017

Preamble

On 4 October 2016, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (hereafter referred to as “the Committee” or “CIMM”) adopted a motion to undertake a study of the 2011 Government of Canada pilot project for refugees in need of protection on the basis of sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression (SOGIE). The motion stated that the Committee examine the “feasibility of extending, expanding, and/or renewing a pilot project of this nature” and report its findings to the House.1