“I want to worry people that the government's immigration screening might be too weak to stop a disease outbreak. I'm using an upcoming soccer game to make my point.”
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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.
“You didn't answer the question. A plane with someone who might have Ebola was sent to Canada. What are you actually doing to stop that from happening again?”
“This big company said they don't need foreign workers anymore. But they're still hiring them. The government should stop that.”
“I want you to publicly say you'll cancel those permits. The numbers you talk about are too high.”
“You caused this problem. Will you let provinces take over immigration so they can bring in fewer low-skilled people and put their own residents first for new jobs?”
“You didn't answer the question. Let me ask again directly: should every province get the same immigration power if they ask, or do you play favorites?”
“I want to point out the minister's non-answer and hint it will annoy a province.”
“If the provinces ask to control their own immigration, will you say yes? I want to catch you in front of everyone if you don't.”
“That sounds like a lot of screw-ups to me. Is the minister okay with that many cases of misconduct and wrongdoing?”
“You don't know the answer, so you're avoiding the question.”
“You keep talking around my question. Did your government find any new fraud or not? Just answer the question.”
“You think no one is committing fraud anymore? That's naive. Consultants are still committing fraud. Are you even investigating the consultants?”
“You say you followed up on every case. But you're avoiding the question about immigration consultants. I think you can't defend that. I want numbers to show how many terrorist applications you approved.”
“That doesn't matter. I want to know permits are getting checked for ties to a regime.”
“How many did you boot out? You 'banned' them, but they're still here! The ban's not real if they're still roaming around.”
“One bad guy got his visa cancelled. You blew it.”
“You are letting in the wrong people and doing nothing about it.”
“You claim you're keeping terrorists out, but your own bill could let them in. Are you going to fix it?”
“François-Philippe Champagne is mishandling citizenship. I want the government to look weak and wrong.”
“That's a loaded question. I already think I know the answer I'm fishing for.”