In fact, I'll be echoing some of the statements made by Mr. Telegdi.
This is not, as was presented, a new issue. The issue of undocumented workers has been with us for quite a while. It's an issue that's been treated with great seriousness by this committee in the past. Some of the terminology used by Mr. Komarnicki was really unfortunate, when he said that this was a willy-nilly attempt at changing the process, and he used the words “willy-nilly”.
We're dealing with human lives. The previous government had come forward with a work paper on how to deal with this very serious issue. We're in fact trying to save this government from itself, because it's this government that's been proceeding willy-nilly, sending law enforcement officers into schools to hold kids as ransom to get at their parents and separating families. Canadian-born children are being separated from parents who are being deported.
The motion puts a moratorium on this to try to prevent the Canadian government from proceeding in a manner that's having a tremendously negative impact on people's lives, people who've lived here for many years, worked hard, and have no criminal records. There are no security concerns about them.
We can proceed with evidence to take a look at and to give careful thought on how we should start the process of landing these people. In the meantime, let's do the right thing and put a moratorium forward so that we don't make mistakes.