How do you measure generosity? I would put it this way. To the extent that foreign observers have said that Canada's asylum system is a model from the point of view of procedural fairness and natural justice, it will be even more of a model because now we will have, for the first time ever in our system, a full fact-based appeal available and will be providing protection and certainty to bona fide refugees in about three months rather than two years, and we will be able to focus resources on bona fide refugees by hopefully deterring unfounded claimants through the faster removals process.
On April 26th, 2012. See this statement in context.