Citizenship and Immigration committee  It isn't, and that has been the essence of my testimony. I think we should consider all of these issues in the light of what we can afford.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, I am not privy to the thought processes of those individuals, but I am surprised that they take the trouble and the expense of coming here rather than going to Germany.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It makes no sense to me except that, as you had hinted, maybe there is something about the way in which they get treated here that is superior to staying at home.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not a psychologist. Maybe you should ask Madam Cleveland about this. I don't know.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sir, I have nothing to add. I think the move is in the right direction and I support it fully.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do not know the technical details on how this would be done, but I expect that it will help in the direction you have indicated. Therefore, I support it. I sympathize with people who believe this is a potential infringement on freedom and privacy, but we do all kinds of infrin

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If you take the trouble to come here and have some problems that you believe are legitimate, then of course by having less of an opportunity to be heard in all the details imposed is a cost to you. But the perspective I can bring to your deliberations is to say yes, in an ideal w

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Can I just tell you, then, that this cost-benefit analysis is something we should think in terms of, rather than necessarily having the numbers. When I was in the House I approached Allan Rock, who had just introduced the bill on the long-gun registry, and I said to him, “I'm in

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, honourable members of the committee. Thank you for inviting me again to share with you my views on pending legislation aimed at improving Canada's immigration system. Minister Jason Kenney, the government, and the members of this committee deserve much p

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Let the people whose own money is involved in hiring people decide whether the person who lives in a foreign country and wants to come to Canada has the qualifications and abilities to earn the wage they have to pay, rather than have some technocrat in some remote embassy decide:

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would like to say generally that I have great respect for my friend Mr. Kenney, the minister, but I think he's wrong. He's wrong that immigration is not needed in order to increase per capita income. It is possible to increase per capita income if we select the right kinds of i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As a politician, I was told never to answer a hypothetical question, and I will continue to do so. I think these issues should just be chucked aside and we should concentrate on the question of whether we can pass legislation in this Parliament to say “We're sorry, guys who are