Val Meredith on Public Safety

In the House of Commons on April 18th, 1994. See this statement in context.

Public SafetyOral Question Period

April 18th, 1994 / 2:35 p.m.

Reform

Val Meredith Reform Surrey—White Rock—South Langley, BC

I have a supplementary question, Mr. Speaker.

One of the reasons for this backlog in deportations is the shortage of deportation officers. I understand there are about 24,000 deportation orders across the country that are unable to be acted upon.

Can the Prime Minister or the parliamentary secretary for immigration explain why the immigration minister is not reducing government red tape but instead is laying off a third of the front line deportation officers in Toronto?

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