Mr. Speaker, the intent of the government is to seek as many removal agreements as possible so that individuals who are to be deported can be facilitated without any problems.
Through some diligent work, we have been able to obtain such agreements with Jamaica and Vietnam, among others. We were the first country to return individuals to Laos.
We have often heard from members of the third party about the whole question of trying to get these removal agreements and that we would never be able to obtain them. Now that we have them, they ask if they can see them.
In respect to the agreement we signed with Vietnam, it was at Vietnam's request that the agreement be kept confidential. The government and the department have no difficulty if the Vietnamese government agrees to make it public. We have no concerns whatsoever. It is at Vietnam's request and we have respected the confidentiality.
However, the question at the heart of this is the importance of removing individuals who should not be here in the first place. That is being done.