Smuggling rings, yes. Smuggling rings are often coordinated by very large criminal enterprises, and there's no question that the full force of the law should be engaged to deal with that form of transnational crime.
Indeed, Canada is a signatory to the transnational protocols on organized crime, and we have implemented very serious sanctions already in Canadian law to prosecute and punish human smuggling. That's as it should be.
The reality is that whatever we do in Canada is going to be limited, because the real kingpins of these networks aren't in Canada and rarely get here. Even the people who might accompany a group of refugee claimants on a boat are not the kingpins of the organization. At best, they are people who've been paid a modest sum to escort the group, but they're not the people profiting from the networks.
So my answer is yes, of course, we need to address human smuggling. The sad reality is that our legal tools will never be adequate to stamp them out. What we have to be absolutely careful about is not to punish the very refugees who are using those services because they have no other choice.