Mr. Speaker, the government says it does not have the money for migration security officers for the Saskatoon and Regina airports to continue the practice of meeting new arrivals when their flights land from other countries.
Are new arrivals from other countries going to be asked to report voluntarily to a downtown immigration office, unattended and on their own initiative? After business hours, are all new arrivals going to be detained at the airport until the next day? If they are, it will cost more money for security than it would cost to have the migration security officer come to the airport. What about new arrivals who may have a criminal record? Will they report voluntarily?
Why do the Liberals always have enough money for their Liberal buddies, but not enough for the things that Canadians care about, such as immigration services, health care and agriculture? Why do Liberals give themselves first class treatment while the needs of the country are at the bottom of the priority list?