Immigration Minister Marc Miller defended his government’s security measures as MPs questioned the federal government’s security checks for visa and immigration applicants following recent arrests in alleged terrorism plots.
Miller was appearing at the House public safety committee to testify on how a Toronto man arrested this month for allegedly plotting an ISIS attack in the U.S. got into the country. The Pakistani national was in Canada on a student visa.
Conservative MPs accused the Liberals of removing certain security checks, such as police certificates, while the government says the requirements have remained the same.
“Your government removed the security checks… You know that a terrorist plot was foiled with the help of U.S. intelligence. You know that he was off to Brooklyn to kill Jews,” Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman put to Miller during the committee meeting. “Have you removed, or have you reinstated, that requirement for security checks that you previously told Canadians that were in place?”…