Jim Karygiannis at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On December 11th, 2007. See this statement in context.

December 11th, 2007 / 5:15 p.m.

Liberal

Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON

On this side of the panel, I'm going to speak for two members. I'm going to speak for myself and I'm going to speak for my colleague, Andrew Telegdi, and maybe some other people might want to speak to it.

I fled a situation in a dictatorship in Greece--the generals. I guess fleeing to Canada and seeking protection in this country might have caused me to be called a refugee.

I know Andrew fled the Hungarian Revolution.

So these are two prime examples on this side, sir: a member of Parliament for 14 years and a member of Parliament for 19 years. I guess the money Canada spent on us was well spent.

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