Thank you.
I wish to thank the standing committee for the opportunity to appear this afternoon to provide my clinic's perspective on Bill C-11. My presentation will be limited to the proposed changes to the humanitarian and compassionate consideration sections of the IRPA.
I strongly urge the committee not to overlook the changes to the H and C system when dealing with the other important issues raised in the bill. While many of the refugee system proposals are procedural in nature, the H and C changes include a change to the types of cases that can be accepted. They represent a marked departure from Canada's decades-long tradition of humanitarian consideration and the general common law principle of equity upon which they are founded.