Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much to the witnesses for their presentations.
I will start by talking about priorities: security and resources. It was part of your presentation.
My question is for Ms. Rosenfeldt. There are two parts to it.
First of all, the government has not respected its promises made in 2006 to put more police officers on the ground and in the streets to make our communities safer. Maybe the government should prioritize security and protection, instead of attacking the law. That is not the core of the problem right now. I would like your comments on this first part of my question. We're talking about crimes that are committed in communities, so maybe the solution would be to prioritize security and to put more officers on the ground to protect Canadians from crimes.
Here is the second part of my question. When speaking at a federal inquiry related to the Clinton Gayle file, the then associate deputy minister of immigration stated, “Quite simply, the system failed”. He went on to explain that the departmental priority at the time was to target unsuccessful refugee claimants who were on the run, rather than criminals, because that way the deportation numbers were higher.
Can you share your thoughts on this priority? Would you agree that resources should be allocated to finding criminals and focusing on their deportation rather than targeting unsuccessful refugee claimants?