Madam Speaker, I second the private member's bill of the hon. member for Scarborough-Rouge River. In my riding of Don Valley North about 50 per cent of the population are new Canadians. Of course I am one of them.
This bill will help the system in many ways. It will cut the red tape in our embassies or visa offices overseas. It will help the families living here. It will give them the opportunity to celebrate holidays, important days, religious days or weddings together.
It will help tourism in Canada. The more visitors we have and the less restrictions there are on visitors, the happier they are to spend their money and generate revenue to Canadian businesses.
I am more than happy to second this bill. I urge this House to accept this recommendation and take it to committee. In committee we will certainly support this bill. I hope the other committee members will do so when it comes to the vote in committee.