I must stress that each refugee claim must be given an in-depth review. It is inherent in the refugee process that the specific facts of each individual case be reviewed.
As it stands, the bill denies people's fundamental right to apply for refugee status. In the IRPA, there are provisions to establish an appeal division, which has often been criticized because it did not allow for a fair and balanced determination process. And now we have a bill that basically does not resolve anything.
A great number of countries, and therefore some of the most vulnerable people, will be deprived of the fundamental right to appeal decisions, which will have been made by a single person. I cannot tell you how many times we have analyzed and denounced the fact that decisions made by a single person are far riskier when they cannot be reviewed. If we exclude a great number of countries, and therefore claimants, as part of the reform of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, then we are effecting a fundamental change.