Public Safety committee  I'm sorry. I thought you wanted an answer.

Public Safety committee  My responsibility is to ensure the border integrity and border security and to manage the issue of irregular migration. Unfortunately, Ms. Rempel—

Public Safety committee  —it's not a simple yes-or-no answer. It's an answer that—

Public Safety committee  —has a number of components, including working with the United States to look at enhancing the safe third country agreement—

Public Safety committee  —and also making significant investments in ensuring that we can manage—

Public Safety committee  —that flow in an efficient and safe manner.

Public Safety committee  Last year, as you are all aware, Canada experienced a significant increase in the number of people who were seeking asylum who presented themselves irregularly at our borders, not at a regular border point but at various crossings. The issue impacted a number of communities but I

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and committee members. I'm very pleased to have the opportunity to join you today. As you can see, I am joined by senior officials from departments that play a very significant role in my responsibilities. I'm very grateful for their support today

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, under Canadian law, all people coming into this country seeking asylum are entitled to due process. When all of those processes have been exhausted and they are deemed ineligible, they are subject to removal by the CBSA. The people that the member opposite is referri

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak to this issue. During a media interview this past weekend, I created unnecessary confusion by mistakenly suggesting that the majority of asylum claimants had left. My intention was to explain how people who were deemed ineligible

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I know the member opposite, because of her vast experience on the immigration file, knows that individuals who come to our country, crossing into Canada seeking protection and asylum as they flee from persecution, are not illegal crossers and are dealt with according

Marijuana  Mr. Speaker, let us again talk facts for a few minutes. First, approval of this device was based on the advice we received from the scientific community of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science's drugs and driving committee. The device that was approved was thoroughly tested

Marijuana  Mr. Speaker, I actually prefer to allow the police leaders of the country to speak for themselves, and so I went to the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. I asked them about their state of readiness. Yes, there are some individual chiefs who expressed anxiety because they

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I think it is very important to add some facts to this discussion. The member opposite mentioned that there is a percentage of these irregular border crossers who have American citizenship. They are infants. They are babies and toddlers who were born very recently i

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I would never apologize for standing up for children, for standing up for families, for standing up for a compassionate response to those who are fleeing persecution and danger. We have a proud tradition in this country of being a welcoming country to those who are