I think there's the assumption that refugees only take from Canadian society. By investing in refugees and refugee claimants while they're here, they become better members of our community once they are accepted as Canadians. For example, detaining people can have horrible effects on mental health, especially in children's development. That's a cost that people have to bear later. I think when we invest in refugee claimants, it's investing in future Canadians, and that's valuable.
As for the determination process being undemocratic, I don't think it's undemocratic; I think what's undemocratic is infringing on their charter rights, which Bill C-31 would do. In 1985 the Supreme Court said that the charter does apply to refugee claimants.
As soon as one person's rights are called into question on Canadian soil, I think that puts everybody's rights at risk. It's a domino: if one person's rights are worth less, then everybody else's rights are worth less.