Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Bevilacqua, for your overwhelming support. Being a new member, I think I'll learn a little bit more.
Minister, I want to get back to something this committee talked about some time ago, and perhaps Mr. Fadden might also comment on this. In particular, it was a motion that was brought forward by a Liberal member and the opposition forced through with respect to deportations of individuals from Canada to Sri Lanka.
As you may know, I was a strong opponent of that. One of the things I worried about was that the motion made no reference to those with serious issues of criminality and who may have been convicted of crimes in Canada. I struggled with that motion. We've brought forward some examples of individuals: one man who had been convicted of a cleaver attack and destroying a community centre.
I note a large Tamil Canadian community in my riding. Some of the individuals who run businesses in my community were extraordinarily disappointed with that motion because some of them had been the target of criminal activity.
Especially now in light of the fact that we are bringing more Tamil Sri Lankans to Canada to deal with the humanitarian situation, I wonder if you might be able to comment on that type of motion and how Canadians are served by what I believe is reducing our ability to protect Canadians by bringing forward a motion that would do that, and if this could also lead to other examples in other areas of our immigration system where we'll be passing motions to deal with other countries that might fall into this situation.