Mr. Speaker, the minister responsible for citizenship in Quebec claims that since his province receives half of the refugees to Canada, Ottawa should pay for the services that Quebec provides to them. While many refugees are attracted to Quebec because of the high rate of acceptance of refugee claims in that province, the Quebec government fails to mention that almost half of the immigrants to Quebec leave that province within the first two years.
I ask the minister of immigration to assure the House that federal taxpayers will not end up footing the bill as the separatist forces in Quebec attempt to display some compassion for newcomers to that province.