Denis Coderre

[Immigration, February 20th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, again I will not comment specifically. However, my predecessor created a tremendous process that I fully support, which is through the standing committee. We look through all the regulations. The hon. member is part of that. She should give me her proposition.

[Immigration, February 20th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, because of the Privacy Act, I cannot comment on specific cases but I am taking note of it.

[Immigration, February 7th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, maybe it is a new recipe for bouillabaisse, because he is mixing everything.

I would like to say one thing. I would like to thank Saudi Arabia for its work during the gulf war. It was there for us and it was very helpful.

To put a label to a country is very dangerous. We need to be very careful. Terrorism does not have a nationality.

[Immigration, February 7th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, the hon. member should know about grandstanding.

Quite simply, we must be extremely careful. To begin with, we were vigilant. We met with the Tunisian community; we did what we needed to do. We investigated, and we are already seeing the benefits.

[Immigration, February 5th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, we have our ways, and I think that there is a relationship with our officers, not only with the immigration agents and with the customs agents, but also with the RCMP, and we are doing a good job.

[Immigration, February 4th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, I think my hon. colleague already has the assurance that we have to work with more resources. In fact that is what we did in the last budget regarding security, but at the same time we are in a very important process to make sure that everyone will do their proper duties. I can assure my colleague of that.

[Immigration, February 4th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, rather than reading his question, the member should try listening to the answers.

Things have been done since 1999. Not only have we introduced concrete measures, such as adding a position to protect all the documents in diplomatic missions, but we have also changed the procedures.

The minister who preceded me announced that for security reasons we would be replacing the IMM 1000 with a permanent resident card. With the kind of information to be included, we are once again proving that we as a government are fulfilling our responsibilities.

[Immigration, February 4th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, what is sorry is the kind of question the member has just asked. making people think there are some links. We have to be very careful about that. That can be dangerous. We have to be very careful.

There is nothing new under the sun. That was the same article in May 2000 from another media. We did what we had to do at the time. Not only is there ongoing research but at the same time we act, and the new card for permanent residents is an answer to make sure that everything is okay.

[Immigration, February 4th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, not only should the member have prepared his question but he should have followed what happened this weekend.

First, not only did I confirm those 118 missing people, but thanks to the member of parliament for Brossard--La Prairie, I met the Tunisian committee and we organized ourselves together. Not only that, we made sure through CSIS and through our embassy in Tunis that we will find them.

The member should follow what we are doing and he will see that something is going on.

[Immigration, February 4th, 2002]

Mr. Speaker, this is not new information. There have been thefts of documents since 1999. Since then, we have made major changes. Not only have we made a specific official in each international mission responsible for safeguarding documents, but we have also instituted serial numbers.

In the meantime, we have taken action. We have instituted and are introducing a new permanent resident card which will prevent this sort of thing.

Our middle name is action.