Thank you, Madam Chair.
Through you, Madam Chair, to the officials, I had the opportunity to explore Roxham Road recently at the ethics committee. Roxham Road itself is actually a number of kilometres from the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing.
Knowing that the volumes have dramatically increased in 2022 and are even higher than prepandemic numbers, do you believe that closing Roxham Road would be a responsible solution to the thousands of asylum seekers, including children, who are seeking safety in Canada, despite knowing the dangers when they cross at Roxham Road, despite knowing that they will be out in the cold on a road with maybe about four or five houses around them? Knowing the dangers of going through this avenue, they still take it, knowing that they are at a distance from the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border.
Do you think we should be closing it?