No, I didn't say that, sir. I didn't say anything about immigrants. I said people who are not Canadians, people who simply come here and claim refugee status--sometimes criminals, sometimes terrorists--who simply say, “I have exactly the same rights as Canadians”. I know under the Singh decision of 1985, before the Supreme Court, they were given a lot of the same opportunities to present their case. I guess we won't get into that issue. I think that was a mistake. If someone is not a landed immigrant and they simply arrive here and say they want to be a Canadian, I'm not convinced they should have exactly the same legal rights as a Canadian citizen or even a permanent resident.
On October 20th, 2009. See this statement in context.