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Mr. Speaker, with that kind of incompetent, incoherent answer, it's not hard to understand

how that minister failed to investigate 97% of the 150,000 suspected cases

of fraud in the International Student Program.

Mr. Speaker, not only that, of the 3% that he did have investigated,

they abandoned half of those because the suspected fraudster

did not respond to investigators' emails.

Mr. Speaker, this is the current Liberal government.

Will the current Liberal Prime Minister take responsibility,

fire that minister, the Justice Minister, and the Immigration Minister?

If he wants to talk about incompetence in politics,

he'd need to look no further than the mirror.

Listen to the approach that he takes on Canada-U.S. relations, saying,

it's not the Americans' fault, it's ours, we're stupid,

while his caucus colleagues go down to say that we're throwing a hissy fit up here.

If you want to see incompetence, let's look at the Conservative leader's statements,

calling the RCMP leadership despicable, and calling on his political opponents to be jailed.

We will move forward with thoughtful policy that ensures our immigration system moves with integrity,

while we welcome newcomers who can help grow the economy.

This Prime Minister is rewarding and encouraging incompetence

by putting the single worst immigration minister in Canadian history

in as the new Minister of Justice.

That minister caused a 300% increase in population growth.

Now we know that there were hundreds of thousands of potentially fraudulent cases

that he refused to have investigated.

97% of the cases of potential fraud were uninvestigated,

and half of the remaining 3% were abandoned because the fraudsters did not respond to emails.

Will the Prime Minister take responsibility for these incompetent Liberals and fire them now?

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Let me repeat for that member and his entire caucus.

As I said, since 2025, 100% of the discrepancies reported

were followed up.

And they were followed up 100% since 2025 with the high-risk investigated.

The Auditor General confirmed improvements took place.

IRCC has tightened its approach, and we have control over the student visas.

The numbers prove it. Thank you.

The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.

Okay, now the mystery is resolved.

We have only 3% of the 150,000 cases of suspected fraud were investigated at all.

Half of those investigations were abandoned because the alleged fraudster

didn't respond to their email, but now we learn.

They have followed up with another email, Mr. Speaker,

and the threat is clear. If there is no response to that email,

there will be yet another email, Mr. Speaker.

With this kind of total incompetence under the leadership of the current Liberal Prime Minister,

why won't he fire these three ministers so we can get the system-

The Honourable Minister.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.

Let me tell Canadians and this member and his caucus that the report examined 18 months.

The government had already initiated improvement to the system way before the audit started.

The Auditor General confirmed that the system is tightened,

the student visas have been examined, improvements have taken place.

Since 2025, 100% of referrals from institutions were examined. Thank you.

The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.

Mr. Speaker, I admit it is unfair for the Prime Minister,

the Liberal Prime Minister, to force that minister to respond

for all of the mistakes of her two predecessors whom he has promoted.

But it really is the illusion of this Prime Minister.

He refuses to stand and answer questions today, although he is in Ottawa,

on the fact that we have the only shrinking economy in the G7,

the worst food price inflation in the G7,

the worst household debt in the G7,

the worst housing costs in the G7,

100,000 jobs lost in the first two months of this year.

Will the Prime Minister have the courage to stand up now

and defend his terrible Liberal track record?