Thank you for the question, Mr. Brunelle‑Duceppe.
The logic is built within the safe third country agreement between Canada and the United States, as you're aware. We came to an agreement—I believe it was early last year—with respect to irregular border crossings between Canada and the U.S. The 14-day period was embedded as part of one of the exemptions to the safe third country agreement.
The IRCC has found that it is an area in which those dates could be manipulated. In order to ensure that those loopholes are not used in an adverse way.... That is the primary reason it's embedded within this legislation.