Thank you, sir, for that question.
We have had and continue to have discussions with the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, where we have very openly discussed the problems and issues that we confront today. There's no doubt that Canada faces enormous challenges with regard to its refugee status determination system. We understand there is a need to change certain things.
As far as UNHCR is concerned, we are basically here to support and advise the Government of Canada in a supervisory role to ensure that refugees are protected. Clearly, whenever an attempt is made, as we see now, an attempt to try to improve or change the areas that require improvement, we support it. We feel there is definitely room to improve the system. On our side, we are willing to provide whatever support possible, no matter what the constraints are.
At the end of the day, we must remember that we are dealing with human lives and people who are fleeing persecution. We also clearly understand there may be people who take advantage of the system as well.
UNHCR has always advocated for a very strong front-end procedure and a very strong end procedure, which is basically the removal of people. I don't think these two areas—a front-end procedure that is robust and strong and an end procedure that literally removes people who are not in need of protection—need to be addressed. To that extent, the bill provides elements to that effect, and we hope this can go forward.