Citizenship and Immigration Committee on May 8th, 2007

Evidence of meeting #56 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 39th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was questions.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Refugee Issues

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee Mr. Samy Agha

Andrew Kitching Committee Researcher

12:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

Mr. Alghabra.

12:40 p.m.

Liberal

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.

12:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

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

12:40 p.m.

Bloc

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?

12:40 p.m.

The Clerk

I honestly don't know.

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Bloc

Meili Faille Bloc Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC

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

12:40 p.m.

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.

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Bloc

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?

12:40 p.m.

The Clerk

That's it.

12:40 p.m.

Bloc

Meili Faille Bloc Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC

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

12:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

We'll vote on the motion now.

(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])