Thank you.
Thank you to the panel for coming.
I have to make a point. Some of the panellists are saying that bogus refugee claimants that come over are terrorists. The majority of people who seek refuge in Canada are genuine individuals who are fleeing from persecution in their own country. To have some examples of people who have been here for 20 years, a very low number, 1% or 2% of the people, is something everybody around this table has to dissociate themselves from, because Canada is a country that gives people who come here seeking refuge an opportunity to excel. The fact that some of my colleagues around this table are trying to associate refugees with terrorists is a sad approach.
I have a question to the panel. In every level of deliberations--Canada Pension Plan, EI, or ODSP, the Ontario disability benefits, or WCB, or whatever you're applying for--you've got a number of levels of inside appeals. If you're applying for Canada Pension Plan you have the first level you're applying for, and if that's not given to you then you go to the board. And if that's not given to you, then you can go to the ombudsman. When people are applying to get something in the non-legislative area, outside the court process, we as Canadians citizens give our people a second and third appeal, so why are we not giving the people who are coming to Canada the same opportunity? Why are we cutting them out by saying that if they're applying as refugees, they've had their hearing and if they disagree they should go to the Federal Court? As people applying for Canada Pension Plan, they can go three steps before they must go to the Federal Court. Why are we treating them differently? Can you please...?