Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witness for being here.
I'd like to start off by saying that safety and security of residents in Canada is certainly a priority for the NDP. However, we believe that rather than portraying newcomers negatively, the majority of whom are law-abiding members of our society, we should be treating newcomers fairly.
Based on what I'm hearing from my constituents in Scarborough—Rouge River, this means shortening wait times for family reunification, making the visitor visa system more fair, and fixing the many flaws with our temporary foreign worker program. Instead, we see in this bill, which targets a small minority of people, that it can actually have negative consequences for law-abiding newcomers. As you mentioned briefly, it can catch and punish people who present no security threat to our community.
Can you please elaborate on how this may arise?