Thank you, Chair.
When the minister was here on March 10, questions were put to him about persons coming into Canada. This was regarding Mr. Türkkaya Ataöv. The minister said,
If the person is guilty of a crime, or we have reasonable apprehension that he will commit a crime in Canada, then we can deny the person a visa.
The minister went further to say,
If a visa officer believes there's reasonable likelihood that someone will commit a crime in Canada, then he will be denied a visa. If someone is guilty of a crime in the country of origin and we believe they may commit a crime in Canada, the visa officer is likely to deny the person a visa.
Minister, you said that back in March, yet your officials allowed Mr. Sebastian Seeman to come to Canada when fully well you knew this individual was going to have trouble.
I'm going to read you what's in Wikipedia. I'm sure that Wikipedia is something your officials can also read. Wikipedia says,
On October 24, 2008, Seeman was arrested after taking part in a rally condemning state atrocities against Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Minister, why did your officials let the man in? Did they allow him in so you could have a big show and get him arrested and the whole nine yards, or was this still another failure that you let him in after you had let Mr. Türkkaya Ataöv in and he created the same thing?