00:00:55.380But let's talk about the IRGC. Okay, this is a terrorist group. You know more about it than I do. Why don't you describe what is going on? We think we have about 700 in Canada that seem to be milling about. Why don't you give us a brief description? We have some clips to take us from there after that.
00:01:12.300So the IRGC is the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is the strong arm of the brutal, oppressive Iranian regime that's been brutalizing not only the country of Iran, but the region in general and other places around the world for the last 47 years.0.53
00:01:29.260Sadly, because of liberal mismanagement of our immigration system,
00:01:33.500reportedly about 700 members, IRGC members, are in Canada today,
00:01:38.820walking in our streets, around our schools, in our community centres,
00:03:05.320So people, Canadian citizens, people here, permanent residents and Canadian citizens
00:03:09.240and temporary residents here from Iran are afraid to speak out for fear of repercussions
00:03:14.480of what would happen to their families back home.
00:03:16.440And we all know that there doesn't seem to be any hesitation on the government of Iran's part to actually hold restraint against their citizens.
00:03:24.740Tens of thousands were murdered not too long ago and consistently.
00:03:29.420They've been doing this for 47 years.0.67
00:03:31.260These are the people on the IRGC, these are the people that programmed a computer and pressed not once but twice the button to send two missiles into a civilian aircraft that killed 176 people, 85 of which were residents in Canada, 55 of those were Canadian citizens, 30 of those were permanent residents, and even a non-born baby.0.61
00:03:54.200These are people that not only in prison, but actually immediately sentence people to immediate death.0.69
00:04:04.580So if somebody in Iran, for example, speaks truth to power, they come out and they say, we don't like what's going on.
00:04:11.060They then hang him from a crane in the squares of their cities so that other citizens can see them hanging to threaten them, to ensure that they don't have the courage to speak out again.
00:04:23.660This is not, we're not talking about a democratic country like Canada.
00:04:26.980We're talking about a very oppressive regime that's been perpetuating terror on its own people for 47 years now.
00:05:15.520This was this was a soccer official from Iran that was coming here for FIFA, who has a known record of being an IRGC officer.0.85
00:05:24.140And one of these monsters that perpetrated, you know, pure terror on its own people was granted a visa, a temporary visa to come into our country.0.61
00:05:33.720Basically, Miss Diab, the minister in her department, said, you know what, we're going to allow him to come into the country so he can enjoy FIFA.
00:05:41.660Of course, when we found out that this was happening and media found out when he arrived in Canada, he was spoken to at the airport and he says that he didn't like the way he was he was being questioned.
00:05:57.480So he turned around and left himself. Of course, government is saying that we didn't allow him to come to enter the country.
00:06:03.580Well, if you're going to do the due diligence and find that you're allowing somebody like this to come into the country by giving him the visa and then stopping him at the airport, it doesn't make sense.
00:06:13.340You should have never given him that visa in the first place.
00:06:15.660Why should he even get on the plane with other civilians, a character like this?
00:06:19.660And why should he even step on Canadian soil when you know up front that this is a known terrorist?
00:06:25.320Cue up cut two. We have the minister getting grilled and, you know, credit where credit is due.
00:06:31.640The media did do a bit of their job here asking some tough questions. Play cut two.
00:06:37.300Over the 11,000 people in your department, how many are in a team investigating these cases?
00:06:45.900Can you give me a number? We'll have to get back to you with that.
00:06:48.10023,000 people, according to the Auditor General, said that they were here, passed their visa.
00:06:52.300Maybe, Mr. Hernandez-Anger, you can answer this. It's about the CBSA.
00:08:48.000They have no sense of understanding of what it's like to run a responsible, sustainable1.00
00:08:54.100immigration system that brings a plus to Canada and a plus to the newcomers that come here
00:08:58.680looking and seeking for a better life.
00:09:00.420And Canada used to have the gold standard in immigration on how our system worked, our
00:09:06.080point system, how we vetted those looking for a better life here.
00:09:10.600And then the Liberals in 10 years have just completely dismantled that and to the point where we are now, where we have thousands that have overstayed and they don't have any idea where they are and no plan to figure out the next steps.
00:09:26.720We had an overall policy, and it was simply this, the overlying guidance for managing the immigration file in the Stephen Harper government.
00:09:36.86065% of the people that we accepted as newcomers to our country would have to come through what we call economic streams.
00:09:43.160Someone who would have some knowledge of either one of the two official languages or had a skill or a profession that we needed here in Canada.
00:09:51.100that people that could contribute basically on day one
00:09:53.780when they came here to Canadian society
00:09:55.480and to themselves and for their families.
00:09:58.30025% we had set aside for family reunification,
00:10:02.560understanding that people that come here
00:11:19.520Now, that's a case where people got caught.
00:11:21.640What about all the ones that we don't know of that are living amongst us?
00:11:25.180And when the conservatives were in charge, and prior to,
00:11:29.740the immigration system not only cost very little to the taxpayer,
00:11:34.560because, as you said, the majority were coming in ready to contribute on day one,
00:11:39.000but it was also used as a check against inflation, too, right?
00:11:42.320If there were more jobs and people able to fill them,
00:11:45.420The numbers went up a little and then the taps were turned off when the opposite happened.
00:11:51.320But this, what the Liberals have done in just 10 years, as you just mentioned, has completely upended the system to the point now where, you know, the government almost used it as a way to hold off any downturn in the economy, right?
00:15:47.280At a time when there are about 6 million Canadians that can't find a family doctor, over 2 million in the province of Ontario alone, we're clogging down the system.
00:15:56.160And let's remember one thing, that when someone gets sick and they're in the country, whether they're a Canadian citizen or not, if they don't have a doctor, where are they going to go?
00:16:06.180Where's a Canadian going to go that can't find a family doctor and they get sick?
00:16:10.520And the hospitals are now inundated with cases that a regular general practitioner can look after by prescribing some medication and looking after the person.
00:16:20.720Because you don't have a doctor, you go to the hospital because you're sick and you don't know what you have.
00:16:25.800They've just strained the system so much in so many ways.
00:16:29.740It makes no sense to anybody I've spoken to that you would continue to give luxury health benefits to 74,000 people that have no right to be here.
00:16:54.220We have our health critic going against the immigration minister, asking a few more details on this number, this massive number that we have.
00:17:03.800Why should a rejected asylum claimant receive physiotherapy, counselling and home care and most Canadians pay for those benefits themselves?
00:17:12.200These are essential services for the most vulnerable of the population and they are aligned to the work and services that social services clients receive in provinces and territory.
00:17:26.060The immigration minister is saying it's the most essential, but that's not exactly true.
00:17:29.660That's not what we're talking about here. That number was way over and above the essentials that you'd get if you're having a heart attack or something immediate where you need medical attention, which I believe we all agree that should happen.
00:17:41.300Yeah, absolutely. It's not essential services. Clearly, the minister doesn't understand the question.
00:17:45.420When she's talking about giving people essential services, sure, you give someone an essential service, but the question from the health shadow minister, the conservative shadow minister, was why are failed asylum claimants getting these benefits, these additional benefits that Canadians don't get?
00:18:04.220They have no answer because they've lost total control of what it should be like to run an effective, efficient immigration system that benefits the entire country and not just, you know, people that are trying to take advantage of us.0.92
00:18:20.420Kostas, we've gone a bit over time, but very good discussion otherwise.0.89
00:18:24.260As you know, the guests get the last word, so the floor is yours.
00:18:27.080Well, thank you very much for having me here today.
00:18:29.120look, Jamie, you and I are both members of Parliament.
00:18:32.680We both know that we sit in borrowed chairs.