I move that Bill C-31 in clause 5 be amended by replacing lines 3 to 17 on page 2 with the following:
(1.1) A designated foreign national whose identity has not been established or in respect of whom the minister has reasonable grounds to suspect that in relation to the arrival in Canada of that foreign national there has been, or will be, a contravention of subsection 117(1) for profit, or for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a criminal organization or terrorist group may not make an application for permanent residence under subsection (1).
Mr. Chair, this amendment removes the restriction on designated irregular arrivals from applying for permanent residence on application before entering Canada, and therefore from sponsoring their families for five years, by limiting that restriction to those who are not yet identified or for whom the minister had reasonable grounds to believe that there may be security problems.