Department Of Canadian Heritage Act  I see growth in ethnic groups and youth groups vying for a position of power within our communities, pitting one racial group against the other. I hear from new immigrants who say they came to Canada looking for and anticipating a new Canadian culture and when they get here they are being encouraged to keep the culture of the place from which they came.

Supply  In February the minister boosted the budget of his own department by $1.4 billion for 1994-95. He raised DIAND's budget $400 million and nudged citizenship and immigration up $80 million. In that same budget the Minister of Finance launched 18 new programs and 15 new studies. February's budget also introduced a $6 billion credit card infrastructure program.

The Economy  Speaker, we told members of the government months ago that social programs had to be overhauled. Now they are staggering in that direction. We told them that immigration levels were too high. Now they are talking about reduction. We told them that the spending cuts in the February budget were not sufficient and now they are making repairs. The government has been forced toward Reform positions in the social and fiscal areas.

Liberal Party  Have the Liberals cracked down on those abusing our immigration system?

Social Security Program  We were not the same as the Americans and we were not the same as some of the countries that we sought our early immigration from which were smaller and more compact. We are one of the largest nations on earth and we have an uneven distribution of population. We have ten provincial and two territorial governments at this point.

Social Security Program  Some of my colleagues will remember that it was a former Tory chair of the committee on employment and immigration that tried to redefine poverty and pretend that poverty went away. Let me tell the member opposite about the people in my community, the children who start school behind the eight ball because they are identified as poor the minute they walk into the school.

Social Security Program  What the government is proposing is a direct contradiction of the principles of equality, justice, tolerance and fairness mentioned by the hon. member, especially when we are talking about a group of women with even more problems, and I am referring to immigrant women, a group I know very well. I think that when the Liberals were in the opposition, they were far more consistent. Today, they are practising the exact opposite of what they preached in the opposition.

Immigration  Oh, oh.

Immigration  I thought since he was throwing the word over we might have a tit for tat, but I respect the Chair's position. What I want to say, which I said in the first answer very clearly, is that the government is concerned about the minority, nonetheless a very expensive proposition for taxpayers to pick up.

Immigration  I am sure the hon. minister will want to rephrase his answer just a little bit at the beginning of the answer.

Immigration  The hon. member for Moncton.

Immigration Act  The time provided for the consideration of Private Members' Business has now expired. Pursuant to Standing Order 93, the order is dropped to the bottom of the order of precedence on the Order Paper.

Immigration Act  You are not.

Immigration Act  But you are not.

Criminal Code  I said at the time that what we need is not only vigilant enforcement of those Criminal Code provisions but also a program of information to educate immigrants and others that this is impermissible and will be prosecuted. We are continuing to monitor that. In fact, as recently as last week I asked to be briefed with respect to the present state of the practices in Canada with respect to education and enforcement.