I could tell you that the numbers of refugee claimants have been much higher historically than they have been in the last few years. I'm not sure if this is outside the range of what this committee is studying, but I think it's important to say that, yes, Canada can do a lot more. It's a question of putting the resources in place. It's very true that our group and other human rights groups and lawyers groups have been asking the Canadian government very strongly to suspend the safe third country agreement because the United States is no longer a safe country. We have a report from Harvard Law School, from academics and law students, that was sent to us yesterday—and you may have seen a report about this in the Toronto Star—stating just that. We're providing that evidence to the Minister of Immigration, and we sincerely hope that the minister will see fit to act upon this evidence. It's extremely crucial for the lives of thousands of people who could be impacted.
On February 9th, 2017. See this statement in context.