Mr. Speaker, this policy was introduced some years ago. It is a policy that seems to be working because the people who are involved accept it.
The problem is not that people are refusing to come to Canada. People who know that they have to contribute to the cost of the operation are still arriving by the hundreds of thousands. The problem we face is that too many people want to come in and we cannot receive them all.
I think the hon. member is trying to score political points with this. Canada is a country that welcomes more immigrants per capita than any other nation in the world.