Petitions   150,000 persons per year, with the basic intake of not less than 50 per cent of the total composed of carefully selected skilled workers required by the Canadian economy, and that our refugee acceptance rate be brought in line with the average asylum destination countries

Immigration Act   immigration. The Reform Party must be anti-immigration because it is concerned about convicts coming into the country. It is concerned about testing for AIDS. In my riding just a short time ago a young lady was raped by an illegal refugee. She spent six months waiting for the results

Social Security Programs   they thought were the really big issues facing Canadians, they identified Indian land claims, possible separation of Quebec, an out of control immigration and refugee situation, an ineffective Young Offenders Act, and justice problems in general. They also mentioned the debt and deficit

Human Rights  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific. It concerns the upcoming visit of the Prime Minister to China as leader of a trade delegation. I have before me a document which was prepared by the deputy chair of the Immigration and Refugee Board

Old Age Security Act  . For example, if a non-citizen, someone from another country, comes to Canada, decides to stay for reasons we can certainly well understand and makes applications as a refugee, that the individual is on welfare or some other social program cannot be disclosed to Canadians trying to evaluate

Immigration  Mr. Speaker, the minister of immigration said in his speech to police chiefs that the buck stops here. He has promised to get tough on those who abuse Canada's immigration and refugee systems. I ask the Prime Minister: When will he hold his minister of immigration to that self

José Mendoza   continually shift the blame for these cases to the police, the courts or the refugee board. As the head of the government, when is the Prime Minister going to hold the minister of immigration directly and personally responsible for the multiple failures of his department?

José Mendoza  Mr. Speaker, last year a government official advised Tasha Peirson to stay a sexual assault charge against José Mendoza in exchange for his deportation. It was the government's policies that then allowed Mendoza back into the country and reapply for refugee status

Salinas Mendoza   identifiable. Bill C-44 gives us the opportunity for the first time that when we know an individual has a criminal background to stop that refugee process and put them to immigration inquiry. Thus far, given the current legislation, that has not been possible. We are putting into practice

Salinas Mendoza  Mr. Speaker, this is truly unbelievable. After all the bragging this minister has done here, I find out that Mr. Mendoza skipped his bail hearing this morning and has now walked after all of this. Where does the minister fit in on all of the changes he is working on refugee

Refugees  Oh, oh.

Refugees  What section of the charter can the minister cite to defend that idea?

Refugees  No, I do not, Mr. Speaker.

Refugees  What?

Refugees  Mr. Speaker, the answer to the first question stands. They talk about judicial wrangling. His colleague from Vancouver regularly asks about the Mendoza file. The federal government appealed to the Federal Court. Yesterday the Federal Court overturned the decision and ordered a n