Mr. Speaker, Canadians are pleased with the recently proposed amendments to our citizenship and immigration legislation.
These amendments aim to improve the efficiency of Canada's refugee system while preserving Canada's humanitarian tradition.
One of the proposed amendments will involve streamlining the Immigration and Refugee Board's three existing layers of refugee decision making into one.
Some individuals in the multimillion dollar immigration legal industry are opposed to eliminating the inefficiencies inherent in the current system, but change must occur. We must have a well balanced system protecting the safety of Canadians and preserving precious taxpayer dollars while at the same time protecting genuine refugees.