I think one of the things we're going to do to make it less cumbersome is we're not actually going to go out and say, well, there are 200 countries in the world and we're going to put the list together. We're going to start to look at this when we see a huge intake from one particular country and we find out that the rejection rate is higher than it should be and the acceptance rate is that much lower. So while we may start out to call this a direction of safe countries of origin, when you come down to it, it really is a mechanism to ensure that those whose lives are in danger do have an opportunity to have a fair and quick hearing in this country to be able to be accepted as true refugees.
Evidence of meeting #20 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was appeal.
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