“They help. They're important. Ignore that other stuff.”
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A bill to make many changes to Canada's immigration and border control laws. During debate, Conservatives asked questions about specific cases and raised concerns about fraud, while the Liberal minister responded but often discussed unrelated topics like Canada Summer Jobs and praised a Liberal colleague.
“We have lots of offices. They try to do their jobs.”
“I want more French-speaking immigrants in my riding. I'm glad the minister agrees. We're spending lots of money on this. I want that to continue.”
“I want more French-speaking immigrants too. That makes me and the MP look good. We're spending lots of money on this. New Brunswick is doing what we want. I hope others copy them.”
“Immigration is good. Immigrants help our economy. Canada should welcome them. We must spend money to help refugees and protect people. Our refugee system is important. We need more people to come to Canada. We will spend lots of money to help them. The budget will help refugees. Refugees make Canada strong.”
“Give the minister a soft question about how great it is to spend money in my riding.”
“I am filling time with compliments and saying nothing anyone could pin down later.”
“I'm filling time with kind words and saying nothing anyone could pin down later.”
“I'm going to ignore your question and repeat my talking point about asylum claims going down.”
“I'm going to talk about something else and ignore your question.”
“I don't want to kick them out. I want to say we've made it easier to apply to be a permanent resident doctor instead.”
“I'm defending our program. It's only temporary help for a small group of vulnerable people, and it will save money in the long run.”
“I want credit for saying I did something to help foreign doctors get residency. The details don't matter.”
“I want taxpayers to pay for free stuff for everyone who comes here.”
“Helping the vulnerable is good. We're just doing a bit of temporary spending. Don't worry about it.”
“I'm going to talk about something else and hope you don't notice I didn't answer the question.”
“The government fees are small. We will get fewer claimants.”
“That makes me sad. Surely we should help the most vulnerable people.”
“I won't answer that specific question. I'll just talk in vague terms about giving health care to vulnerable people.”
“I want to say that by October 2025, the government will stop housing asylum seekers in hotels.”