Citizenship Act   in the Immigration Act as it now stands. I know of a case. There is a man in my riding who is in his fifties. He came here from Europe, but I will not specify the country because this could identify him, as there are not that many immigrants in my riding. This person comes here from Europe. He

Citizenship and Immigration   worked very hard for immigrants. She has worked very hard for refugees and immigrant settlement. This matter is with the Ethics Commissioner. That is why we have an independent Ethics Commissioner. Why will the hon. member opposite not accept the fact that these things--

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, there is a temporary worker program that is put in place when there is a need for workers. We do it for farm workers and this is done every year. We cannot mix that up with the immigration process or the refugee process. There are clear processes. The minister has

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, the system is based on a process. It is a clear process and it follows clear rules and guidelines. All hon. members in the House know exactly what the rules and guidelines are. There is no program at Citizenship and Immigration Canada for exotic dancers. However

Supply   that the government work more diligently to secure our borders. The government has responded to that demand by bringing forward Bill C-11 and making it an utmost priority, and rightfully so. The motion before us requests increased powers of detention for customs and immigration officials. I find

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, we were quite surprised to say the least to learn of the existence of an immigration program that gives exotic dancers priority entry into Canada. How does the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration justify the existence of such a program, which provides workers

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, as I said yesterday and as the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration said yesterday, this program is under review. The government expects that the Ministers of Citizenship and Immigration and the Minister of Human Resources will review this program in the very

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, the immigration minister would have us believe that it is just normal business for her right-hand man, her chief of staff, to go and visit anybody who complains about an immigration file at their workplace. We all know that is not true. We all know that he did go

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, last week I asked the immigration minister why her former chief of staff was charging meals in Ottawa while really on a trip to Toronto. This week I checked the immigration department's website and found that the website had been altered and there was no reference

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, yesterday the immigration minister said her chief of staff was only doing his job when he travelled to a strip club to discuss importing women into Canada who work as strippers. Meanwhile, over half a million legitimate immigrants languish in the queue while Mr

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, thousands of immigrants and their families are caught in the enormous immigration backlog. They and their MPs often cannot get a response from the minister. So imagine their shock to learn that the minister's most senior political assistant dropped what he was doing

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, as the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration there is an obligation, when people request assistance, for staff to meet with the individuals. That is exactly what the staff member did.

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, everyone in this House and outside this House sees through that answer. There is a letter to the editor where a Canadian immigrant writes the following: --“special governmental treatment” used to happen in my home country... where money, power and connections used

Citizenship Act  . This private members bill, Bill C-343, would correct a wrong that should have been resolved when the Citizenship and Immigration Act, replaced in 1977, allowed dual citizenship, but the dual citizenship allowed in 1977 was not retroactive. Let me go back to the provisions of the first

Citizenship and Immigration  Mr. Speaker, 70% of my community casework is about this dysfunctional immigration department. We now learn that this favoured dancer that we have been talking about, and her husband, first went to their own MP and were told, “Follow the rules”. Then the couple went