We often hear about how refugees abuse the system or about how the refugees who arrive in this country are not legitimate refugees. To my way of thinking, making generalizations about this group of people does a disservice to various other groups already in the country. Previous ministers tended to have this attitude. However, beyond the numbers, we have to appreciate that we are dealing with individual cases, with people. Would you be open to the idea of creating an appeals section to handle these cases? What kinds of changes would you like to see? I remind you that the legislation has been passed and enacted, but the department has postponed the implementation of this particular provision.
On May 10th, 2006. See this statement in context.