Mr. Speaker, yesterday in the House the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration said that Polish refugee Artur Lasia was admitted to Canada not because he had HIV but because he was discriminated against based on his sexual orientation.
According to the IRB's own documents the minister was wrong. Mr. Lasia was accepted as a refugee solely because he carries the virus that causes AIDS.
At a time when our health care programs are stretched to the limit and the IRB has set a precedent for letting people like Mr. Lasia in for free medical care in Canada, how will the minister reassure Canadians that they are not losing their place in the queue for their own essential health care needs?