Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for your presentations and for your patience today.
My first question is for the representative from UNHCR.
Given that some 61% of the asylum claimants crossing over to Canada actually succeed in proving the claim that they are genuine refugees, do you think Canada should keep the safe third country agreement, because all that process is doing is forcing people to go through unsafe means to get to safety? If the government suspended or lifted the safe third country agreement with the United States, then people would be able to cross over in regular border crossings, get to safety and still make their claim.
Wouldn't that be a better option than to force people to trek through snow in terrible conditions and possibly lose their lives?