Immigration  Mr. Speaker, it is that one plane crash that causes horror and devastation. That is the one we are talking about today. Here is a fact. Just two short weeks ago this minister disbanded the permanent residents unit which tracks down and apprehends the most dangerous deportable criminals in Canada.

Minister's Permits  Mr. Speaker, I would like to table, in both official languages, the report to Parliament on the minister's permits issued from January 1 to December 31, 1993.

Citizenship Court  Mr. Speaker, on April 14 the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration stated: "As vacancies arise, new citizenship court judges will not be appointed". On April 26 the Prime Minister stated: "We are working at substantially reducing the deficit". He referred to the millions of dollars being saved by the citizenship court judge decision.

Pearson International Airport Agreements Act  Therefore, they have no business saying that we are being paranoid and that we are nitpicking. Not so very long ago, in addition to the member for York South-Weston, the Minister of Immigration himself, the President of the Treasury Board and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry spoke out on this agreement. Even the Minister of Transport said that the federal government was considering setting up a royal commission of inquiry into the privatization of Pearson Airport.

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, my department wanted and pushed for deportation. An independent quasi-judicial body stayed the deportation. The adjudicator who made that decision was not reappointed to that board. She was not reappointed by this minister. Therefore we need no lessons from the hon. member.

Immigration  Hear, hear.

Immigration  I would remind hon. colleagues to please address the Chair.

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, the individual in question was issued a stay on his deportation order in 1993 despite the fact he had a criminal record as long as his arm, and that was with the knowledge of the department. When will the minister finally acknowledge that his department's system of background checks and enforcement is not working?

The Economy  When we look at the budget, we indicated that we are working to reduce substantially the deficit and we are confident that the deficit in relation to GDP will be 3 per cent at the end of three years. We are doing it on a constant basis. For example, the minister of immigration cancelled all citizenship judges, thus saving millions of dollars. Still today I am waiting for the member's list on where to cut. Whenever we propose a cut he says it is not the right one, that it should be somewhere else.

Cultural Learning Centre  To promote global education in the community the centre provides a resource centre and regularly hosts guest speakers, screens films and holds special exhibits. As well the centre collaborates with the Department of Citizenship and Immigration and the community to initiate language instruction to new Canadians or LINC. There is a growing cultural diversity in the community of London-Middlesex. I commend the dedication and commitment of the individuals who have worked to create such a unique cultural learning centre.

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  As I said, I am not that familiar with the history of the native people but when I read the history books, it seems to me the native people were immigrants at one time too. They did come to Canada from the Soviet Union across the Bering Strait. North America was settled to some extent by them. I do not know who was replaced. I can also tell the hon. member that I stood on the ruins of Chichén Itza.

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  Then he said they were custodians. I suggest aboriginal people made less impression on this land in 36,000 years than we immigrants made in the past 200. In fact in the past 50 years we have done a pretty good job of changing the face of this land. It might be a good thing to return some custodianship to those who believe that the land suckles us all and that it is here for our children and grandchildren and not for our exploitation.

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  Why then do I think this is the most important speech I have given in the House thus far, and why do I care so deeply that what we do is right? It is because the relationship between the first people and the immigrants, that is all of us that they welcomed to this continent, has largely been one of paternalism, of manipulation, of neglect and of isolation. We acknowledge that there are two sides to every story.

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  I definitely would like to see as much consultation and work as possible with the aboriginal peoples, the Indians, the Metis and the Inuit so we can resolve these long term outstanding settlements and agreements. I know the settler people are here. I know the white man took over, those immigrants when they first landed. Perhaps the hon. member for Churchill would appreciate the current 1 per cent rule the Liberal government has and he would have maintained control. Repetition is important; it is a fact of life.

Sahtu Dene And Metis Land Claim Settlement Act  We love this country. We love this land. We love everybody. I often say jokingly that our immigration policy was wide open, and it has been to show what kind of people we have been. We have been very kind but it has been the governments here that have always dictated and put restrictions on.