In terms of refugees, I spoke to that in my opening remarks, that this was in the throne speech. The government is committed to introducing legislation this spring to streamline and create a more balanced asylum system, a system that provides robust procedural protections for refugee claimants and provides faster decisions for legitimate refugee claimants while at the same time discouraging false claimants from seeking to come into Canada through the back door of the asylum system. We are essentially putting the finishing touches on a package that we intend to present to Parliament in the not-too-distant future, and I anticipate that this committee will be charged with that issue. It will be a very serious issue for study.
It's really my hope and my plea that this issue.... It's a very important issue. I will simply say that the package that we have designed and will be unveiling is a very balanced package that the vast majority of refugee advocates can and should support, and I hope this committee will treat it in as non-partisan a fashion as possible.