Jim Karygiannis on Points of Order

In the House of Commons on April 29th, 2009. See this statement in context.

Response by Minister to Oral QuestionPoints of OrderPrivate Members' Business

April 29th, 2009 / 3:35 p.m.

Liberal

Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON

Mr. Speaker, yesterday during question period the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism stated:

We have taken steps through our Colombo mission to expedite these applications.

I have contacted the CIC 1-800 hotline and checked the websites of CIC, Foreign Affairs and the Canadian High Commission in Colombo. There is no mention of this on any of the websites. The bureaucrat I spoke to had no knowledge of any move to expedite applications from Colombo.

I am asking that the minister take this opportunity to admit that he misled the House yesterday or that his bureaucrats are misleading me today. Who did the misleading, the minister or the bureaucrats?

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