Citizenship and Immigration Committee on May 8th, 2007

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

Mr. Alghabra.

[Omar Alghabra, Liberal, Mississauga—Erindale, ON]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I want to agree with Mr. Siksay. This committee has done extensive work on this issue. We just tabled the report last month. I think there's an interest on behalf of this committee to hear from the minister not only on Almrei's case but about his feedback or his response to the report that we tabled last month. We can ask him various questions about this issue. So I think it's a good opportunity for the committee to ask the minister those questions based on the study that we've extensively conducted.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

After Madame Faille, I'm going to call the question.

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

I have a question for the clerk.

The report that we tabled was directed to the MInister of Citizenship and Immigration. Was it sent as well to the Minister of Public Security?

[The Clerk]

I honestly don't know.

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

So the Minister of Public Security will not give any answer to our report.

[The Clerk]

Under Standing Order 109, there was no request for an answer.

There was not a formal request for a response from the government pursuant to Standing Order 109.

I know that there was a reference to the Minister of Public Security, Mr. Day, in our report, but it was sent to the House and not to a minister in particular.

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

So neither the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration nor the Minister of Public Security have a responsibility to give us an answer. Did I understand correctly?

[The Clerk]

That's it.

[Meili Faille, Bloc, Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC]

For this reason, I believe that the minister should appear before us, before our committee.

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

We'll vote on the motion now.

(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

[The Chair, Conservative, Norman Doyle]

That completes our meeting for today.

The meeting stands adjourned.