Undoubtedly there are some people who come to Canada and abuse the system. That's always been a reality that we've had to confront. My experience, however, is that those are a small minority of the people who make claims.
I completely agree with you that the current system as it's operating has created a huge amount of hardship for genuine claimants. I completely agree with you that there is a need for reform, which is precisely why, during the minority government, I spent countless hours, losing sleep, working with the opposition parties, to try to come up with what we thought was a reasonable, balanced approach to expediting the process and allowing for mechanisms to deal with bogus claims more quickly.
My difficulty with the approach in this legislation is twofold. First, the timeframes are completely unrealistic, and, if applied, will result in a large number of cases being rejected. The concept of designated countries is one that I don't personally support, but the difficulty I have with the way it is in the current legislation is that it's completely left to the discretion of the minister.
I know, for example, that—