Absolutely.
First of all, I'm not the person within our organization who comes up with the legal opinion. I leave that to the lawyers. My responsibility is then to communicate that legal opinion in easy-to-understand plain language to the communities that are affected.
Our legal opinions have again and again told us that this is the interpretation. You're telling us, and the immigration department has told us, “Trust us.” That's what we're hearing. We're hearing, “Trust our interpretation. Trust what we're saying. We're the good guys; we're going to interpret this in a way that will be beneficial to the communities.”
Unfortunately, our communities are saying that they don't agree with your interpretation. They don't want to get rid of the democratic involvement of committees like the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. They want these things to be reviewed every time a decision is made. They don't want to see a decision in the Gazette afterwards and then have to shrug their shoulders and say, “Well, the minister made it; I'm sure she had great intentions.”