I have the floor.
The previous motion that we talked about said that no one will be deported to Sri Lanka. It doesn't matter whether they're convicted of a serious crime. It doesn't matter whether they've gone into your riding and killed people; they will not be deported to Sri Lanka. I think that is a real, serious problem and not something that this committee should have sent to Parliament in the first place. It's not a signal that we should be sending to Canadians, that this committee will protect people convicted of serious crimes. I think it's something we have to address. We have an opportunity to do it. Let's just do it and show Canadians that we're serious, that we agree with our court system, that we agree with the IRB, and that we will stand up for law-abiding Canadians who don't want to be frightened as they walk the streets. How difficult is that?
Why should I not go back to my riding and say that the members opposite don't care that the people who have been extorting your businesses should be allowed to still roam the streets? I'm suggesting that we change the motion to reflect that people convicted of crimes go back. It's not a very difficult concept. Do we now, then, go back and say let's go to the justice committee and let's open the prisons again, because people should be roaming the streets; in the immigration committee, if you're convicted of attacking someone with a meat cleaver, we'll let you walk the streets. No problem: you're not going to be deported—but if you're convicted of something else, we'll put you in jail.
Consistency is extraordinarily important. I think it's very important that all Canadians understand that we perhaps didn't take as much time thinking about the previous motion as we should probably do right now. Show them that we're very serious, and let's move on with this. I don't see how this could be a difficult point.