Ms. Sandra Harder at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

I might add as well that in this approach there is a new criminal offence that has been created. Those penalties are in place to protect the public interest and to protect the integrity of the immigration scheme and system.

So I guess I would say in summary that we looked at a number of different approaches and did take into consideration, in thinking some of this through, the concerns of the committee to have a responsive and timely intervention.