Thank you.
Another accommodation I would...[Inaudible—Editor]...counsel in the criminal justice system. I think it may be helpful to have that in the immigration system as well, helping individuals, particularly those with mental health issues, figure out how to file their applications, how to navigate the system, and how to present evidence that would ensure that their mental health needs are put forward.
Again, within the recommendations, we would really like to stress that before any changes are made we want to have a study of the impact of the proposed legislative changes on our population. It hasn't been done to date with other changes to the immigration policies and laws. It hasn't been done to date with the changes to the criminal justice system and the Criminal Code of Canada.
What we're seeing on the ground is that people are really being disproportionately swept into this net of the criminal justice system and the immigration system, and their mental health concerns are not being addressed or acknowledged. From our perspective, we feel that in a country that calls itself fair and with a great health system, we cannot do that. That is not fair to the individuals.
I would like to apologize to my colleague here. My intention was not to paraphrase what my colleague said. I was just making a statement around the way it might be interpreted.
If you wish to strike that from the record, please go ahead, but I just want to make the point that if she can make those comments...I just want to be very clear that we are being cognizant of how they may be interpreted by others, particularly under the umbrella of hate speech and having certain judgments about certain groups.
Thank you.