Obviously, it makes things much more difficult for us to be able to fulfill our international obligations with respect to accepting refugees here in Canada if, on an intermittent basis, we have a number, in some cases hundreds, literally, show up on the doorstep--or at the “waterstep”, if you want to use that language--and that does obviously hurt and hinder our ability to fulfill our international obligations.
On November 29th, 2010. See this statement in context.