Thank you.
Mr. Minister, in your answer to Mr. Coderre, you talked about the need for a mechanism, a tool to speed up the processing of applications and to prevent potential cases of fraud organized by people who want to abuse the generosity of our system.
During our hearings, a variety of witnesses, lawyers, all kinds of representatives, mentioned and put forward another tool. This tool, which is not a list of designated countries, would rather allow the Canada Border Services Agency to isolate cases to be processed by the IRB as a priority. These cases could concern an individual or groups determined on the basis of national criteria. These people would have the same rights, but their files would truly be dealt with quickly. In that way, if it was a case of a situation of abuse, as may have been suspected from the outset, they would be returned to their country of origin quickly.
According to most people, and I also agree, this system would allow us to be fairer, and to not shoulder the blame of having to grant different rights according to the country of origin. Moreover, we would avoid cases being brought before the Federal Court of Canada by people who want to challenge the decision or file a second appeal, as is currently the case, because they feel that they have not had the opportunity to assert their rights.
As you have carefully read all of our interventions, would you be prepared to consider this expedited method of processing individual claims, if the committee judged it to be appropriate, in place of the mechanism based on a list and on the denial of the right of appeal for certain individuals as a result of their country of origin?