Mr. Speaker, this summer a hard-working Romanian family in Saskatoon was kicked out of Canada by the immigration minister. These people had settled in Saskatoon and contributed to our city while they waited for a decision on their refugee claim.
Because Mr. Pascu was an ethnic minority, he was subject to persecution in Romania. The Romanian police harassed and threatened to rape Mrs. Pascu. Clearly, they should have qualified on compassionate and humanitarian grounds.
Why does a Romanian stripper get to stay in the country on compassionate grounds while a persecuted Romanian family is kicked out?