Thank you.
I have two other areas I want to address, and I know I'm going to run out of time very quickly.
I know that some people argue it's semantics, using the word “illegal” versus “irregular”. From my perspective, it is not semantics. It is what the law itself says. The law is very specific about it. It says that when a person comes through regular or irregular crossings to seek asylum, they are actually doing it per Canadian law in accordance with section 133 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
We just heard Ms. Rempel make a very moving speech about wanting to move forward with a plan. Would the plan also incorporate using the right terminology and stop casting the view that asylum seekers are somehow illegal? Is that not an important component of the plan?