No. I think it's important to be who we are. All our parents, grandparents, have come from other countries. I'd like to answer that question as the grandson of Jewish refugees from Europe. I think it's important to ask what would have happened to the German Jews who were on the S.S. St. Louis in 1939. You may remember that Canada turned them away during the era of “none is too many”, when no Jewish refugees were too many, according to the Mackenzie King government of the day. What would have happened if Bill C-31 had been in effect in 1939? Well, those German-Jewish refugees would have been declared irregular arrivals, because they arrived by boat. They would have been subject to one-year warrantless mandatory detention. If they were recognized as refugees, they would not have been allowed to sponsor their children and their spouses who were in concentration camps in Europe before 1944, by which time the final solution was in full effect. So I do not think we've learned from history.
On May 1st, 2012. See this statement in context.