Mr. Mossallanejad, you're clearly an example of a refugee who has come to Canada and has contributed so much to this country. As you said, this legislation is missing Canadian compassion, the element of Canadian compassion. I saw Mr. Fildebrandt nodding his head, as well, in agreement with you. And I agree with you.
I want to talk about the penalties, the penalization of refugees, in this bill. As you mentioned earlier, there is mandatory detention without a review before the immigration division for 12 months, and the denial of the right to apply for permanent resident status until five years have passed since arrival in this country.
The fact that these and other penalties are based on the mode of arrival in this country is, I think, quite problematic. These penalties are only for refugees who are designated as irregular arrivals. That means.... Actually, it's not really defined in this bill, as far as I see. But it's based on the mode of arrival. The removal of the remedies actually created for victims of persecution I see as a problem.
How do you feel about that, Mr. Mossallanejad?