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Cindy Lamoureux: Immigration Critic and Status Updates

cindy lamoureux: Lamoureux said she spent the night in a sleeping bag on the marble floor outside Wishart's office, awaiting written answers to a series of requests she posed, according to Metro News. The requests include knowing how many applications for the nominee program are currently under review and when their decisions are expected; and getting status updates on files already in the system, with the applicant's consent. Cindy Lamoureux, the MLA for Burrows and the provincial Liberal Party's immigration critic, staged a sit-in outside Minister for Education and Training Ian Wishart's office starting Wednesday at 8 30 a.m. Lamoureux said she has spoken with nearly 100 Manitobans who are concerned about the nominee program, many of whom have waited two to three years for decisions to be made in their cases. I've asked questions in question period. This is the only option they've given me. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.