Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for being here.
First off, I'd like to thank the committee members for giving me the opportunity to take the floor and ask questions today.
Whether it happens at Roxham Road or elsewhere in Canada, as Ms. Nezakat just pointed out, irregular immigration is a major concern. We're talking about people crossing the border illegally. What we tend to forget is that, first and foremost, these are people and families who have gone through difficult times before they decided to come to Canada. These are, above all, human stories. Unfortunately, we overlook that reality a little too often in the whole process.
I can confirm that we hear sad stories every day in our constituency offices. I'm thinking of a recent example where an individual who had entered Canada at Roxham Road with their family and was well integrated into the community was just ordered deported. This leads me to say that we probably have issues in terms of how we welcome people; we're not giving them a proper welcome.
Roxham Road is an alternative that you seem to disagree with, Mr. Handfield, since you're calling for the suspension of the Safe Third Country Agreement. In practical terms, what would suspending the agreement change for people who cross the border illegally?