Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have no idea. There is no yes or no, Mr. Karygiannis. Greece has a number of flaws at the local level--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I haven't mentioned Greece, Mr. Karygiannis.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mayor Salci, you were saying Greece is a safe country, but as Mr. Karygiannis mentioned earlier, he brought in a lot of issues with that country. The issues will change and different populations will face different challenges during the course of time.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, I can't speak to the whole climate in Greece, and I'm not an expert in that area, so I would have to defer to those people who could answer the question. As you heard the regional chairman say, the people coming to our country, in general, are very productive.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Are you familiar, sir, with the difficulties you would face in Greece if you were a Muslim, given the Muslim situation?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  But you did call Greece a safe third country.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I believe my reference was to the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and Denmark. Those are the ones I mentioned earlier.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Are you familiar with the Jehovah's Witnesses in Greece and what they go through?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Are you familiar with a case recently of somebody who was of same sex persuasion and the difficulties they went through in Greece?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not saying that Greece isn't, but there are difficulties in all of the countries. So my difficulty, sir, would be that when we say a country is a safe third country, the situation varies country by country.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Most importantly, the people who need help and protection will get it more quickly. Currently, the U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, and other countries have a “safe country of origin” policy. By engaging in a similar system, we will be saving our taxpayers money and time.

Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 2010  The House resumed consideration of the motion that Bill S-3, An Act to implement conventions and protocols concluded between Canada and Colombia, Greece and Turkey for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 2010  Madam Speaker, the simple answer is that if the government had a specific bill that dealt only with Colombia, another one that dealt only with Greece and another one that dealt with Turkey, it would get two of the three moved through the House in an expeditious way. That would be the bottom line on it. Just for a moment I want to deal with the situation in Barbados, which is a tax haven that has an agreement.

Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 2010  There are three treaties here. The Conservatives should have introduced one bill for the treaty for Greece, a second bill for the treaty for Turkey and a third bill for the treaty for Colombia. But they introduced all three together under this bill. One wonders why they would do that, given that they should have known there would be questions about this.

Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 2010  This is from a previous question by the member for Scarborough Centre who referred to Colombia, Greece and Turkey and resistance with Colombia because of human rights. He said, “Today we have an island called Cyprus. One-third of it is illegally occupied by Turkish forces. There are 1,600 Greek and Turkish Cypriots still unaccounted for with regard to laws, properties, et cetera.