Mr. Speaker, excuses like that might fly in Washington, but they sure will not work in British Columbia.
My question is for the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In a recent November 2005 news article in the New Glasgow Evening News, the Minister of Foreign Affairs wrote, “Moving to a rigid 'passport-only' requirement will almost certainly harm cross-border travel, hurting tourism” and resulting in tourism losses on the Canadian side that “would amount to nearly $1 billion” a year.
Will the minister now eat his words or will he continue to con Canadians?