Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, while I was not in government then, I would say that we should be proud of our record back then, because unlike what we just heard from my colleague across the way, more parents and grandparents were welcomed as permanent residents to Canada under Conservative than Liberal governments.

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have been married for 40 years. In those 40 years, I have not been able to speak for 20 minutes straight without being interrupted, so this will be a maiden voyage for me. I am pleased to rise and speak about this issue today. This is a growing crisis, one that could soon rival the mess created by the Liberals on the returning ISIS terrorists or the small business tax grab that hurts farmers, ranchers, family doctors, and local shop owners, calling them tax cheats because the Liberal government cannot stop spending other people's money.

Foreign Investment  Mr. Speaker, Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies has established vast Canadian networks aimed at acquiring leading-edge 5G wireless technology. Huawei was previously implicated in stealing trade secrets and spying, which is why Canadian and American intelligence and security officials continue to warn that it is a significant cybersecurity risk because of its connections with Communist China.

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are demonstrating their total lack of respect for Parliament. The new elections act intends to rig the system in their favour and what is worse, they are trying to force it through Parliament with little debate. What a farce. Elections Canada is being instructed to implement the bill before it has even been studied or debated.

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I certainly would agree with the minister that the Liberals' metric of spending more money is true; they certainly are spending more money needlessly on this. However, the metric actually needs to be that of a planned, orderly, and fair immigration process. That to me is the metric by which Canadians are measuring the whole immigration system.

Business of Supply  Unfortunately, Madam Chair, the repeated rhetoric is that the Conservative government cut border services, but the fact is that our previous government increased the number of CBSA front-line officers by 26%. It is a good thing their number increased, because they are certainly needed now to deal with this illegal border crossing crisis.

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I go back to the Google search. Google is not the final authority on this. I would like to get an answer from the minister on exactly how many have been deported. Minister, how many individuals have been deported from the illegal border crossers—not ordered deported, but actually removed from the country?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, we heard from the minister that $74 million has been allocated for CBSA to deal with this situation. My question for the minister remains this: of those illegal border crossers who have arrived in this country, how many have been deported—not just ordered deported, but actually removed from this country—over the last year and a half?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, again my question is this: How many deportation orders have been issued, and how individuals who had been ordered deported by those orders have actually been removed from this country if they had come to this country as an illegal border crosser?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, the minister has advertised that he is expediting work permits for people who illegally enter Canada from the United States. This decision has meant that organized crime groups in countries like Nigeria are working to smuggle people into Canada. Human smuggling is not a good thing, as we all know, so why is the minister enabling people to illegally enter Canada and eroding our public safety?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I would assert that if the current system of outreach is trying to dissuade people from coming to this country in the manner in which they are, illegally, then given its current practice, I would say it is a huge failure. According to the transport minister, 90% of illegal border crossers would not meet the criteria to claim asylum in Canada.

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, Canadians, including myself, strongly support immigration when it is done in a planned, orderly, and fair manner, but under the current government we have seen our once sound immigration system thrown into chaos. Will the minister admit that the Prime Minister's irresponsible #WelcometoCanada tweet caused much of this crisis?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, the reality is that no one is fleeing persecution in the United States. All the Prime Minister has done to try to fix the illegal border crossing crisis is throw money at it, but it has just gotten worse. National security experts, border officers, and law enforcement have all said that the lack of leadership by the government is endangering Canadians.

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, what is interesting is that a lot of these background searches are based on Google and whatever information the illegal border crosser has provided. Such information is not always accurate. The minister has continued to enable people to illegally enter Canada from the United States, even though law enforcement has warned him that violent gangs, such as MS-13, may use the loophole in the safe third country agreement to establish themselves in this country.

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I have spoken to Canadian border officials, front-line individuals, who advised me that the once eight-hour interview process for the initial interview of refugees has gone from eight hours down to less than two, so I do not think we are being as thorough as the minister would have us believe.