Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have to say that I feel we are moving very quickly for such an important bill, especially given the questions that are being raised today. I think we are going to have to reconsider everything.
I am very familiar with the Canadian Council for Refugees, Amnesty International and Mr. Bissett, especially. I would like to use my time to go into some things in more depth.
This is a fairly important bill, but parts of it are unacceptable, in my opinion. One of our values as Canadians is that we recognize that every case is unique. I think it is totally unacceptable to decree that someone cannot be considered a refugee because he comes from a certain country.
Ms. Dench, Ms. Yamamoto, I would like to give you some time to tell me what you think. We agree, but we are looking at this in terms of procedure. I myself was in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, when I suspended the right of appeal, but we had good reasons for doing so.
From an administrative standpoint, are you happy to have a team of civil servants in charge of the first hearing and then to have an appeal? Do you have any objections, even though there will be a right to appeal on the merits?