Mr. Chair, we have some very highly trained local officials. Their first order of business, as I have said, is to make sure that everything fits within the Canadian interest context. They deal with every application on a case by case basis, so in terms of profiling, as the member puts it, no, it does not happen. In terms of any one mission being more negative or more positive than another, no, it is case by case according to the needs of the Canadian domestic environment.
In the House of Commons on May 18th, 2005. See this statement in context.