Brad Redekopp
- Born
- Yorkton, Saskatchewan
- Family
- Married to Cheryl, two sons, Kyle and Eric
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in commerce from the University of Saskatchewan
- Career
- Worked in finance and accounting roles for twenty years in the manufacturing industry and worked as a plant manager for Case New Holland in Saskatoon. Owned and operated a home building company, Cherry Creek Homes, for ten years.
- Political Experience
- Elected to represent the riding of Saskatoon West in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election.
- Notable
- Born in 1964/1965
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Business & Financial Interests
Before entering politics, Brad Redekopp had a career in business and finance. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and was reportedly a co-owner of a window and door manufacturing business. According to disclosures with the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, he has an interest in a company called Redekopp Management Ltd., which is involved in commercial real estate. He has also declared interests in several numbered companies and holds publicly traded securities.
Public Controversies
In 2021, Brad Redekopp reportedly faced public criticism for a mailout sent to his constituents. The mailer was criticized by some opponents and community groups for linking Canada's housing affordability issues to the number of immigrants coming to the country. Critics described the mailer's message as divisive and misleading, while Redekopp defended it as raising legitimate questions about government policy on housing and immigration levels.
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Will you be revising the instructions given to the frontline officers to reflect that?
The study permit is one stream where there were problems with fraud. Did you have a chance to look at other streams to check for fraud as well?
Thank you. Thank you to the witnesses for being here today. Auditor, thank you for that report. It was a great report. In it, you mentioned 51 cases of letters of acceptance fraud that you looked into and had been flagged, but the officers didn't follow procedures in 14 of those cases. Is it fair to say that IRCC systems can detect fraud but then do not follow through and still let it pass?
In 12 of these flagged cases, officers refused the applications for other reasons but didn't actually resolve the fraud question. That's what you pointed out in the report. Mr. Gallivan, does that mean your department failed to make a finding of misrepresentation, failed to trigger a five-year ban and failed to alert the next officer who might review that specific file in another application
Mr. Gallivan, have you found evidence of fraud in your first few weeks as deputy minister?
Auditor General The only thing that I would suggest to the committee is that, in this particular case, thehas indicated that she prioritizes her work based on where the requests come from. When they come from committee, they have a certain amount of weight, and when they come from the House, they have more weight. In this case, it has a practical application in terms of getting the attention of
You also investigated 800 cases where fraud was suspected and IRCC chose not to investigate any of them. You mentioned that. As an auditor, would you be concerned that this pattern of not investigating fraud is present in other immigration streams as well?
Ms. Hogan, it would be an unacceptable situation if that wasn't flagged, and that's what you pointed out in the report. Is that correct?
The Globe and Mail had a story recently that showed that IRCC instructed its frontline officers to allow asylum claimants into the country, even if they suspected that the client was not being truthful. This was a story a couple of weeks ago. Does this type of behaviour concern you, given what you found in the student program?
Thanks. Mr. Gallivan, your department's response to this particular issue said that you would add alerts to the files where fraud had been discovered. Will these capture concerns raised at the very front end, like the example I just mentioned that was found in the article? If an agent doubts an original story, will that be noted in the file?
Okay. Given that the IRCC later removed the express entry job offer points, specifically to reduce the illegal buying and selling of LMIAs, are you concerned, Auditor, that the same pattern you found in the student stream, which were risks identified but with weak follow-through, may also exist in work permits and permanent resident streams?