I talk to hundreds of immigrants every year and witness first-hand what I would classify as innocent mistakes. I don't believe that we should be punishing them excessively. That's one of the reasons I think it's important to see an amendment of that nature.
Equally, I used an example earlier which was actually presented to the committee by a former chair of the immigration division of the Canadian Bar Association. The example is that of a youth who's 19 years old, who's a landed immigrant in Canada, who graduates, crosses the border, uses a false document, and as a result is going to be deported, unless of course the ultimate appeal, the Minister of Immigration, could say yes. But so much for the rule of law or a quasi-judicial system that would ensure there would be a protection because that principle could apply for virtually all cases, period.
There seems to be a fundamental flaw. At the end of the day, I believe most Canadians would see that as something that doesn't warrant being deported for and not having the opportunity to have an appeal, because someone used false identification in order to get served alcohol at age 19 or 20, and they were five years old when they came to Canada. Would you not agree with that?