That's an interesting question to answer. What I'm saying may not be representative of what my agency believes in. Today is my fifth day on the job.
I believe we should allow amnesty for people who are illegal here as long as they have been paying taxes, have a legal job, and have regular employment. There are people who say that if we do that it will simply open the floodgates. But if we look back in history, Canada has a number of times allowed amnesty for people who are here. I remember that in 1973 and 1974 we allowed people who were here as students to have a six-month period to apply. At that time, the critics said if we did that everyone was going to come here and take advantage of it. History has proved that didn't happen.
I remember when we found a group of people who came here on a rusty ship that washed ashore on Vancouver Island. People said that if we let them in and didn't send them back right away, we'd be inundated with other refugees. It did not happen.
So I think it's something I would recommend.