Madam Speaker, yesterday when you were in the Chair it was incumbent upon me to explain due process. Today I guess it is going to be incumbent upon me to explain some of the amendments to the bill.
The hon. member opposite talked about unescorted day passes in his speech. With the greatest of respect I would like to let him know that there is an amendment, which I presume he has read, preventing the release on day parole and unescorted temporary absences of inmates who have been ordered removed and who are the subject of an immigration detention order pending their removal from Canada. That seeks to minimize the risk of escape so as to ensure that criminals will be deported at the end of their sentences.
There are a number of things that the member has brought to our attention here this morning that have been problems in a very small but nonetheless serious number of cases. It is a big country guys.
At this point I can only say to the empty barrels on the other side that what they really need to do is read the bill. I find it very interesting that the hon. member who just spoke did not know about the amendment to clause 20 which changes the day parole problem.
I wonder if thus there are other things in the bill that the hon. member has not read and therefore does not support. Certainly his party is not supporting this. I would like to echo the words of the member for Guelph-Wellington who said she was pretty sure that there were members on the other side who had constituents who would support this bill very strongly.
I would like to ask the hon. member a question and he certainly will have a chance to respond. I wonder if the hon. member has read the 11 amendments which came through at report stage and if he has read the bill.