Madam Speaker, I notice a great difference in the position taken by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration when she was in opposition, on this side of the room, and her speech today, now that her side is in power. Why is she not giving the same pro-immigration and pro- refugee speech she gave before? Why has she changed so much? Today she is defending policies criticized by all of the organizations that assist refugees and immigrants. Everybody is against this immigration tax. Everyone opposes the $975 fee.
She tells us that no one will be denied entry over this fee, but she does not tell us that, to qualify for a loan, an individual must show that he or she meets the loan repayment conditions. In poor countries, few people earn $975 a month; sometimes they do not even earn that in a year.