moved for leave to introduce Bill C-333, an act to amend the Immigration Act and the Criminal Code (refugee or immigrant applicants convicted of an offence on indictment).
Mr. Speaker, this is a very important bill which was developed with the assistance of a Liberal supporting lawyer in my riding. If passed and accepted by this government, it would give the power to provincial judges to deport criminal refugees in lieu of sentence.
It is supported by some crown prosecutors in the Vancouver area. I think it is a great bill and I look forward to debating it in the House.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed.)