Right. The other two will be dealt with on the back page of this report.
But there was some sentiment at the agenda subcommittee that we should deal with this one now, given that undocumented folks were currently being deported, notably Portuguese workers in the Toronto area, mainly in the construction industry, but also folks originally from Pakistan, and that this was causing considerable hardship for their families. Also, there was considerable concern that they were making a substantive contribution to the Canadian economy, that their work was necessary, particularly in areas like the construction trades, and that to remove these people despite the fact of their adaptation to Canada and their contribution to the economy was an inappropriate way to proceed.
The motion asks that those deportations be stopped where there are no issues of criminality and security, and that a new policy be put in place to deal with the circumstances of these people, and that until that new policy is in place there be no further deportations.