Again, I just wanted to reiterate, Mr. Chair, that it's extraordinarily important. I understand what the members opposite have said and the position that you are being put in, but I think it's more important for this committee to show Parliament and all Canadians that we are not going to simply sit back, and that it is not the opinion of this committee that people who are convicted of serious crimes in this country should be able to stay in this country.
We have to send out a signal to the people, to people in my riding who are afraid of people such as the person I mentioned earlier, who was convicted of two fatal shootings, a meat cleaver attack, and the trashing of a community centre, and who the Tamil community in my riding are frightened of. They have asked me to make sure we do everything in our power to get this person out of the country.
I think it is more important that as a committee we send a message to our colleagues in Parliament and to all Canadians that we will be tough, that we will stand up for Canadians, and that we will stand up for Tamil Canadians, to make sure our streets are safe, that they themselves are safe, and that they will not be terrorized by people who have nothing but bad things to do to their businesses, their families, and so on.
With all due respect to the members opposite and to you, Mr. Chair, I think it's more important that we send that message to Parliament rather than allow a motion to stand out there that would give Canadians and the rest of Parliament an indication that this committee supports having terrorists and war criminals roam the streets.