Mr. Chair, I am not aware of those specific problems. Detention is a key tool in all immigration systems around the world. Canada uses that tool much less often than other democratic countries. For instance, Australia uses detention in almost 100% of refugee claimant cases, the United Kingdom uses it for all claimants from designated countries, and the United States uses it in most cases. The same goes for France and other countries. In Canada, we use detention for immigrants in few cases, compared with other democratic and liberal countries.
That being said, the management of immigration detention centres is the responsibility of the Canada Border Services Agency, which is not part of my department. That comes under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Public Safety. I would be happy to communicate to him your concerns with regard to that issue.