Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to quickly turn to the word “statistically” used by Mr. Weston. Since he wants to talk about statistics, could he tell me how many refugee boats full of irregular arrivals have come over the last decade? There have been very few. Yet Bill C-31 relies on arrival statistics, which are very low. Also, this is not Utopia. When we talk about human beings, fundamental rights, recognizing the right to seek asylum and the rights of refugees, we are talking about a concrete reality grounded in fact. People are fleeing persecution and are taking boats or using any other means to come here.