I would like to answer Mr. Dykstra. The need for safety is what draws refugees to Canada. Those people are persecuted. If we recognize them as refugees, we must give them all the rights a refugee can obtain from our country. We should not have a two-tier system—one for refugees we like and another for those we consider to be suspicious because they arrived in a way we see as irregular. That's arbitrary because it is decided by the minister. That's the true scope of those measures.
We want that clause to be limited only to those individuals who truly represent a threat to Canada's security or whose identity is unclear. We are attacking the principle of designated foreigners. Once again, the Canadian Bar Association supports our position. This idea does not violate any laws, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms or our country's constitution. You are attacking what you should not attack. It's a bit like a situation where a chicken farmer's chicken coop has been ravaged by a fox. Instead of taking precautions against the fox, the farmer punishes the chickens. That's exactly what you are doing. You are punishing people who have been the victims of smugglers, and that is unacceptable, especially since you recognize the fact that they are refugees.
Thank you.