I will be opposing this motion for a variety of reasons, the first of which is that it's open-ended. I don't think it's the appropriate role of this committee to try to tie the hands of the government indefinitely. This kind of moratorium could actually have a counterproductive impact by creating a perception that people who come to Canada, for whatever reason now, can live under some sort of a moratorium on being deported. I don't think it would be appropriate to put these handcuffs on the people who are implementing the policy in Canada.
We've had this discussion before. We as a committee are dealing with it, and I know that the government is dealing with it. The suggestion that somehow there's been some big change in the last year and a half, that everything was fine until a year and a half ago, is simply not true.
On the basis of those reasons, and others, I will be opposing this motion.