We in principle don't support it. The reason we don't support it is that my experience is that many countries that appear to be democratic are not necessarily democratic, or may not be democratic for a subcategory of individuals. The best case is Mexico. Some of the cases I've seen out of Mexico are shocking and appalling, and you can see some of the recent decisions of the Federal Court that reflect that. Mexico has huge issues in terms of state protection. They have a huge drug trafficking problem, and it's created major problems for individuals.
You referenced the UN. I understand the UNHCR supported the idea of a designated country list as it was drafted in Bill C-11, which meant that there would be expedited hearings for people from designated countries. They certainly didn't support the idea of removal of an appeal.
We agreed, as a compromise, to support a designated country of origin list if it meant an expedited hearing. But the problem with the current incarnation of the bill is, (a), the designated country of origin list does more than that. It removes the right of appeal, it removes the mandatory stay. And (b), the timeframes for the hearings are completely unrealistic. So you're saying you're going to give a sham of a hearing to a person who won't have enough time to properly present his case, to satisfy the constitutional guarantees.
I can tell you that we'll challenge that under the charter, because a fair hearing means a hearing that allows a person enough time to prepare a case, to present a case in a meaningful fashion, and 15 days and 30 days, in my view, isn't going to cut the mustard.