Thank you, Mr. Chair.
If this bill passes, it will have a profound impact on a lot of people. Hundreds of thousands of people every year fill out documents and paperwork overseas. There is absolutely no doubt that misrepresentation occurs. A lot of it is intentional, where someone is trying to intentionally mislead the Government of Canada.
Equally, there is a considerable amount of it that's done unintentionally, maybe through a representative or it's an innocent mistake. In those situations—and we're not talking about a few, we're talking about hundreds, maybe even into the thousands—where it's unintentionally done, we're increasing the penalty. We're saying it's from two years to five years that you're not going to be able to apply to come to Canada.
Does this seem to be fair for those individuals—and we're not talking hundreds, we're talking thousands—that there is no system in place that would allow them the opportunity to explain why it was an accident? Those do happen. Those happen in Canada in filling out all different types of forms. Is that a part of the legislation that you think should be changed to take into consideration misrepresentation where it's not done intentionally?