Mr. Speaker, I understand the immigration committee only heard from the department and not from any witnesses.
This budget bill has a number of serious tax increases and fees on immigration, as well temporary foreign worker issues. This affects our overall economy. Immigration is very important in this country. I come from an area of the country that is the fourth most diverse in terms of population. We have a city of only 200,000 people. We are not the size of Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver, but we still are the fourth most diverse.
It is important that we actually have those witnesses come forward so that we can see the consequences. If we do not do that, we are not going to have good legislation.