Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This particular clause isn't that far off, even though it is different from the one we're proposing.
What I would suggest to the government is that they should give serious consideration to the consequences of what this particular bill is doing. It's a fairly simple, straightforward proposal. We believe that if you have a refugee here in Canada, he or she should have the ability to go to a third-party country to meet with family members.
Many would argue that it's cruel to try to intentionally keep families apart. Again, in my opening remarks I talked about how important it is for families to be kept together and about the additional cost of forcing them to be apart. At this point, I want to emphasize that this particular amendment deserves to have the government hopefully responding favourably, because it is all about families.
If you support the idea of families at least having the opportunity to get together, this is an amendment worth supporting.
Thank you.