With these proposed changes, the Conservative government seems to be asking Canadians to give you, the minister, sweeping new powers. But it seems to us, to many people, that you have tried to bury these provisions in Bill C-50. As my colleague Mr. McCallum showed, you actually misled the House on the number of immigrants, and the chair of the Immigration and Refugee Board actually resigned after you brought in increased ministerial discretion.
So how can Canadians trust you with such sweeping powers when it seems you have back-doored a number of things so far?