Your comments are most interesting, Mr. St-Cyr. I would note that this system is comparable to several that are currently in effect in Western Europe. This type of process includes an interview that takes place immediately after a claim is filed, which allows the border official to make a preliminary determination.
I have studied all of the options concerning this problem of bogus claims coming from countries that we consider to be safe, including this idea. However, government lawyers have assured me that adopting such a system would be ultra vires. It would contravene the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Singh decision of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1985. According to the case law resulting from that decision, we are obliged to grant each claimant a hearing. The system you are proposing is therefore—