Mr. Speaker, I asked two questions of the hon. member but in the fit of his explanation, he omitted to answer both questions.
The first question was, is there a certain amount of naivety to believe there would not be any abuse of the system if the motion went forward as suggested?
There is no question there are compelling cases and those have to be dealt with, but what we are speaking about today is a specific motion that says that the government should allow any applicant who has filed his or her first in-Canada application to be entitled to a temporary work permit and a stay of removal. In Canada applications, upon filing, without any question, those would follow.
Does the member think there would be no abuses to the system given the motion and not what are the exigencies of the other cases?
Second, with respect to the processing, the timelines and the delays involved, given that there is an improvement proposed under Bill C-50 and that there will be funds put in place so there will be quicker processing, would the member support his leader in supporting Bill C-50, which would actually bring some improvements to the cases before us today? Would he do that?
My two questions are, is he naive to believe that there will be no abuse of the system and will he support that which obviously needs to be supported?