Some legislative measures have been taken. When I was speaking about the refugee protection flow earlier, I said we would be able to exclude a serious criminal from a referral to the Immigration and Refugee Board; they would only be referred for a pre-removal risk assessment. Even though they are criminals, even though they may pose a risk to Canadians, we still have an obligation to make sure if there a risk in returning them back to their country of origin. If they claim they're going to be tortured if they are returned to their country of origin, we have international obligations we have to live up to.
On May 17th, 2006. See this statement in context.