Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Deputy Minister.
Madam Fox, Canada is known as a very welcoming country and we are proud to welcome those people who are subjected to oppression in their countries, as asylum seekers, political refugees and all kinds.... It costs Canada a lot of money and we treat them nicely. I have some complaints and cases in my riding that I find difficult to explain. For example, we have cases like permanent residents who have spent a lot of time here working and contributing to our economy and for some reason like sickness or someone from their family having passed away, they have had to leave Canada and did not respect the time limit of six months by a couple of weeks or a couple of months, and have lost their permanent residency and had a removal order against them.
How can we logically justify to those people who are integrated in our workforce contributing to our economy...? As a matter of fact, they do jobs that Canada needs versus those seekers for whom we really don't know what kind of job they'll be able to do if they're accepted, and it costs us money. Logically speaking, can you justify that?