We mention this in our brief, and I just want to highlight the concern we have about the differential treatment of citizens and non-citizens. Bearing in mind that immigrants and refugees are often subject to scapegoating, prejudices, and stereotyping, it is important that we try to avoid that as much as possible.
The use of immigration measures, in fact, only has the effect of reinforcing these sorts of negative stereotypes. Why? There can be citizens who may raise the same concerns as those people who are currently under security certificates, but because they're citizens they cannot be made subject to a security certificate. So what is presented to the Canadian public all the time is non-citizens, immigrants, and refugees who are presented in the media as being the potential threats to Canadian security. That works entirely against the objective of welcoming newcomers and integrating new Canadians.