Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, Minister. Thank you for appearing with us again today.
I applaud what you're doing here because this is a very difficult topic, especially when it comes to victims. You're right, victims have not often been identified as part of this, like Todd Baylis, which is the extreme example of somebody who has been affected by criminal behaviour by somebody from overseas who shouldn't have been here and who should have been removed far earlier, if the process at that time had allowed it.
This is something that really needs to be brought forward. Minister, I think our friends in the Liberal Party unwisely voted against this bill at second reading. They argued that it's actually not fair that permanent residents should have to obey the law and not commit crimes as one of the requirements to gain the privilege of becoming a Canadian citizen.
Sir, how would you respond to that?