Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good day, Ms. Klineberg, Mr. Kilkie.
I would like to start by thanking Serge Ménard for being here. He once served as Quebec's Minister of Justice and Public Security and used his skills to fight organized crime in the province. He is responsible for sending a great many gang members to prison and for ridding our communities of this criminal element. He is to be congratulated on his achievements. He is, in my opinion, a great asset to the justice system, to victims and perhaps to the Conservative Party, in light of his previous positions.
That being said, Ms. Klineberg, I have something I'd like to ask you. Mr. Ménard's question was extremely relevant. People, whether immigrants or refugees, sometime arrive in the country without papers because their country is at war and documents have been destroyed. The realization may dawn after a few years that a person has a different identity, or has taken on his brother's identity and that names no longer correspond. These individuals are granted permanent resident status and all of the social rights that come with living in Canada. We see the expression “other document“.
If a person has no papers, then how do you take matters to the next level? We're going to encounter some serious problems. Canada is a safe haven. Many people opt to seek refuge in Canada. How are you going to administer the legislation? How do you plan to expose identity theft? How do you plan to prove identity theft, given the absence of documents in many cases?