Mr. Speaker, I welcome the hon. member back from his educational journey through metropolitan Toronto. I find his statement today at variance with something he told residents of metropolitan Toronto. The Toronto Star quoted the hon. critic as saying: ``I don't see our immigration policy as out of line with the opinions that I have heard in the last few days''.
I caution the member to take one snapshot of a public opinion survey and therefore deduce that we ought to make policy on the fly. If he were to look at how Gallup has tracked unemployment and Canadians' feelings on immigration in the last 25 years, he would find that in 1982 almost the same kinds of levels were reported by Ekos Research. At the same time in 1988 and 1990 there was a record 65 to 70 per cent support for more immigration.
We cannot ask people about immigration like we ask them about their favourite flavour of ice cream. It is more complex than that.