Mr. Speaker, for the Minister of Immigration to come into this House and brag about getting involved with Salinas Mendoza is despicable.
Salinas Mendoza has had 12 criminal convictions in Canada since 1989. A young woman in my riding agreed to a stay of sexual assault charges against Mendoza on the condition that he be deported to El Salvador and he was. Now he is back claiming refugee status.
I have been involved in numerous hearings and trials on this fellow costing over $250,000 since he has come back.
My question to the minister is whose interests come first in a refugee hearing in this country, Mr. Minister, those of the taxpaying-