The provisions of the bill will have an impact on the applications for refugee status. The fact that we are planning more serious penalties for human smuggling will have an impact on the smugglers' networks. People will rethink their intent to cross the Pacific if they are fully aware that the smugglers themselves will be imprisoned and punished more severely or differently.
For those who choose to make the decision to come to Canada through an irregular arrival, the fact that there will be conditional status for those who do need Canada's protection, I think, will also have an impact on behaviour. If people understand that, as the minister said on Thursday, they won't be able to reunite with close family members for a period of five years, they may look to reconsider their decision to be smuggled or to take part in these types of mass arrivals.