That means the war resisters would have to go back to the U.S. and face the military. It's a vicious loop. While they apply on humanitarian and compassionate grounds, they could get deported, as you just said when you answered Madam Faille's question.
My understanding is that a program was offered to adjust the status of those who have been in the country, but not landed, before November 1972. There was an amnesty program to allow those who didn't quite fit the criteria to stay in Canada. In total, for the period from April 1965 to November 1972, we are looking at something like 19,846 females and 25,865 males. In total, close to 50,000 Americans landed in Canada and became citizens of Canada through a combination of programs, and that venue is not available to the war resisters today.
My question is whether you would recommend a regularization program to adjust the status of those who have been in this country, just like the department and the minister did in November 1972.