Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, Minister, gentlemen and madam.
My question is about the visas that the Conservative government imposed on Mexico in 2009. The government required Mexicans to obtain a visa to come to Canada from then on, so as to avoid the criminal problems associated with certain individuals. Of course, it wasn't everybody, but some people were taking advantage of the system to come to Canada. That is why the government imposed visas.
In 2016, the Liberal government made the decision to lift that visa requirement. At the time, I was my party's critic on this file and I gave several interviews to state our party's position and to say that lifting this requirement made no sense, that it would not work and that we would have problems. Clearly, that is what we are experiencing today.
Minister, can you confirm for me that it was a bad decision at the time?