"We're not talking about the kinds of people that are living in UN refugee camps by the millions who are victims of war and state-sponsored persecution," Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says.
"It's an insult to the important concept of refugee protection to allow it be systematically violated by people who are overwhelmingly economic immigrants."
Kenney defended the imposition of new visa requirements on Mexican and Czech citizens Tuesday in a bid to stem a surge in refugee claims by visitors from those countries.
Immigration experts said demanding visas from all Mexicans and Czechs entering the country is not the answer because it lumps fraudulent claims with legitimate ones.
The NDP called on the government to review the decision and at least delay any change until after the summer tourist season.
“This couldn’t have come at a worse time, at the very height of the tourism season,” said New Democrat Tourism Critic Bruce Hyer. “More than 200,000 Mexican tourists visited Canada last year, but now many planning to visit Canada will have to cancel their bookings”
Isn't it funny how most people are in agreement with Jason Kenney's move and support it except ofcourse the NDP. I suppose its part of Canadian politics where the opposition disagrees with anything and everything the Government does or could it
be, the NDP counts on these "illegals" for votes?
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