Mr. Speaker, the current turmoil at the IRB is only a symptom of a greater disease. Members of the IRB have approached me saying that there is no cure for the lack of accountability in that institution. They have told me that the IRB was a gross overreaction to a court decision and should be scrapped.
Our current refugee system is out of touch with internationally accepted norms of refugee determination. It costs a horrendous amount of money and is ignoring the desperate needs of tens of thousands of genuine refugees overseas.
It is time to rethink our refugee determination system and the Reform Party has. Very soon we will be releasing our proposals for change to the system, changes that are going to be in the
interests of not only refugees but of taxpayers as well. Our proposals will balance the needs of refugees against the needs of Canadians.
We have the guts to restore a little common sense to the system. Once again the Reform Party leads the way. We will be setting the agenda in refugee determination the way that we have set the agenda in immigration policy.