Mr. Speaker, my colleague's question puzzles me a little. A lot of information seems to be mixed up.
We are not discussing an immigration program here. We are discussing access to citizenship by descent, meaning by birthright, when a parent is a Canadian citizen or has maintained substantial ties to Canada. The two are not the same by any stretch. When we mix everything together, we end up misleading the public. It is important that we exercise great diligence in debates such as these.
The fact is that insinuating that citizenship by descent is an immigration stream falls short of the diligence that Canadians expect from us.