Mr. Chair, our amendment essentially aims to eliminate the safeguard clause regarding foreigners who arrive irregularly. Mr. Dykstra talked about national security requirements, but those requirements are practically a throwback to the War Measures Act of 1970. You have the power to punish people, to incarcerate them, to diminish their rights, based exclusively on national security requirements, which you yourselves establish.
We think that, if those people are recognized refugees, they should have the same rights as all other recognized refugees. Even UNICEF, which can certainly not be accused of supporting terrorism, basically says that your safeguards—in other words, the creation of two refugee categories—are unacceptable. That is what our amendment addresses. We certainly do not want the War Measures Act to make a comeback.