Citizenship and Immigration committee  Right, but—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. So now you have—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You have—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  And there are a lot of—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To say that our system.... Let me just give you an example from a different system.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Every system you devise will create false positives and false negatives; that is to say, no system will perfectly capture everybody you want included and everybody who you think should be excluded. The discussion I think thus far has been focused almost entirely on those who ar

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I mentioned earlier, denial of family reunification delays and impedes integration. It has psychological, emotional, practical, social, and economic consequences for all concerned. Similarly, the lack of a travel document—note that this is not just travel to the country of ori

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have a bail program in Canada that actually works with respect to detention. Interestingly, it's one that other countries actually seek to emulate. The mandatory detention of large-scale arrivals has been modelled, I presume, on the Australian example. Australia has found th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The two examples I gave were of somebody who comes from a country and has lived in Canada for many years, and where, in that country of origin, circumstances have changed, 10, 20, or 30 years down the road. That person, under Bill C-31, would be subject to cessation of refugee st

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have yet to hear any defence of the legality of the legislation, apart from saying we had it checked. I would be delighted to hear a substantive engagement about the content of the bill, and look forward to that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  One of the grounds for cessation is what is called a change of circumstance. It says that a person's claim can be cessated if the reasons for which the person sought refugee protection have ceased to exist. This can be raised at any point. It can even be raised at the refugee hea

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Is that the bill in general or this provision?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that the Balanced Refugee Reform Act seemed to address many of the legitimate policy objectives that the government seeks to attain under Bill C-31. What Bill C-31 adds to it are provisions that are unconstitutional, and from a policy perspective, I think, problematic and

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have one alternative suggestion that I put on a slide. Would you like me to elaborate on that now?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The department doesn't bring it forward; the minister brings it forward.