Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2006-04-06 13:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Andrew Telegdi",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"42877\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I worked with the hon. member on the citizenship and immigration committee, and I see another colleague of mine across the way from Surrey. We really had a wonderful experience as parliamentarians because we could work in a non-partisan fashion. We could take very difficult issues and arrive at a consensus.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"42878\" data-originallang=\"en\">I agree with the member that the refugee appeal division has to be enacted into law. One of the things we continually worked on was to make that happen. We said that when the government appoints members of the refugee board, it should be based on competence. That is essentially what has happened. We have put that in place and I must say I am a little disturbed to find out that three members of the Montreal refugee board, who have received excellent appraisals and who were hired by an independent tribunal, have lost their positions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"42879\" data-originallang=\"en\">We have always said that things must be based on competence. One of the problems with the refugee board has been that people did not have the experience. We needed experienced people on that board and I hope that the minister will revisit that decision.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"42880\" data-originallang=\"en\">In terms of temporary workers, there is a solution. We must begin from the premise that if we were to take every worker in this country who is undocumented and ship them out of the country tomorrow, our economy would take a big cut because those jobs need to be filled in this economy. We must issue temporary work permits and see if over time we can regularize these workers, so they can become landed immigrants and Canadian citizens, and partake in the Canadian dream.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"42877\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la d\u00e9put\u00e9e et moi avons si\u00e9g\u00e9 ensemble au Comit\u00e9 de la citoyennet\u00e9 et de l'immigration, et j'aper\u00e7ois en face une autre coll\u00e8gue, la d\u00e9put\u00e9e de Surrey. Nous avons v\u00e9cu une exp\u00e9rience formidable comme parlementaires, car nous pouvions travailler dans un esprit non sectaire. Nous pouvions aborder des questions tr\u00e8s difficiles et parvenir \u00e0 un consensus.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"42878\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis d'accord avec la d\u00e9put\u00e9e; il faut que la Section d'appel des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s soit \u00e9dict\u00e9e. C'est une des questions sur lesquelles nous avons concentr\u00e9 nos efforts. Nous avons fait valoir que les nominations \u00e0 la Commission du statut de r\u00e9fugi\u00e9 devraient \u00eatre fond\u00e9es sur la comp\u00e9tence. C'est essentiellement ce qui s'est fait. Nous avons \u00e9tabli cet usage, et je dois dire que je suis un peu troubl\u00e9 d'apprendre que trois des membres de la Commission \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, des personnes dont les \u00e9valuations \u00e9taient excellentes et qui avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 embauch\u00e9es par un tribunal ind\u00e9pendant, ont perdu leur poste.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"42879\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons toujours pr\u00e9conis\u00e9 que les choix soient fond\u00e9s sur la comp\u00e9tence. L'un des probl\u00e8mes qui se posent lors du recrutement de commissaires est le manque d'exp\u00e9rience des candidats. Nous avons besoin de gens d'exp\u00e9rience, et j'esp\u00e8re que le ministre reviendra sur sa d\u00e9cision.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"42880\" data-originallang=\"en\">En ce qui concerne les travailleurs temporaires, il existe une solution. Nous devons partir du principe que, si nous devions d\u00e9porter demain tous les travailleurs qui ne sont pas munis des documents voulus, notre \u00e9conomie en p\u00e2tirait, car les emplois qu'ils occupent doivent \u00eatre pourvus. D\u00e9livrons des permis de travail temporaires et essayons de r\u00e9gulariser progressivement la situation de ces travailleurs, pour qu'ils deviennent des immigrants re\u00e7us et des citoyens canadiens et qu'ils puissent participer au r\u00eave canadien.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2006/4/6/andrew-telegdi-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/280/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2588/",
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    "source_id": "1499387",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Speech from the Throne",
        "fr": ""
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    "h2": {
        "en": "Resumption of debate on Address in Reply",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2006/4/6/",
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