Thank you, Chair, for that.
That was an unnecessary interruption.
As I was saying, I was looking more closely at the testimony from that committee meeting. I quoted to you what Mr. Anson said, and I can't help but come to understand that either there was an attempt at misdirection or he was very ill-informed on that date, February 7. It was February 23 when there were major operations going on in Canada that The Globe and Mail was reporting on.
My motion is very simple. The minister needs to return, because he is the main person responsible for who gets to be on the eTA system and who does not get to be on the eTA system.
We now have data from Statistics Canada proving that between 25% and 33% of those with Mexican national travel documents who are landing in Canada are making claims at the IRB. The only way they could be doing that is because they've secured an eTA for the purpose of travel to Canada. The article then goes on to say that some people are exploiting this “lawful ability” to travel to Canada on behalf of organized crime.
We need officials from IRCC to return, and we also need the Canada Border Services Agency to come before the committee. Mr. Anson specifically needs to come back and explain both to myself and to Mr. Brunelle-Duceppe why the testimony does not match with reality.
Thank you.