Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. I ask this question believing that Canadians deserve to know on what the government bases its policies.
On the 14th of this month the minister of immigration said I was incorrect in concluding that the Economic Council of Canada report argues for a 1994 immigration level of approximately 180,000 immigrants, 70,000 fewer than the government intends to accept.
Could the minister please cite for me the exact number of immigrants the Economic Council of Canada study recommends be accepted into Canada in 1994?