Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
In terms of the motion, I am very much in favour. I think it's worth pointing out that the committee did a fair amount of work on this previously. Last summer, we passed a resolution, I believe at our last meeting, calling on the government to put a stay on deportations as far as undocumented workers are concerned and to use the saved resources to go after serious criminals that we all agree should be removed from Canada.
I think I can support Mr. Devolin, because the previous government was working on regularization, as far as it went with undocumented workers, recognizing the problems and the large number of undocumented workers who are in Canada, numbers ranging anywhere from 200,000, and with families considered, up to 500,000.
I would suggest that that amendment be made, because it reflects the long-term nature of this problem. I think this whole thing was worsened when we introduced the new Immigration Act, which changed the point system, whereby people the economy actually needed are unable to come into Canada legally. I think that went a long way in making the problem even worse. I think that's something we really have to look at--