Madam Speaker, the former parliamentary secretary is right. Every group that appeared before the committee cited problems with citizenship revocation and recognized that allowing this to be a decision by the cabinet would put it in political hands. They did not feel it was fair that people who had been here for 20, 30 or 40 years could have their citizenship stripped without what they considered to be a fair process.
The parliamentary secretary listened well to all those people who appeared before the committee. I know he has put a lot on the line by going ahead and standing up for what he believes is right in this case. He has listened to the will of his constituents on this matter.
We had many groups appear before the committee. The Canadian Alliance had representatives on the standing committee. We had the former parliamentary secretary who has lost his position as a result of his stand on this. I am sure his own constituents and many people across the country have cited problems with the citizenship revocation provisions in Bill C-16 which would go ahead and unfairly strip citizenship from people who have been in this country 20, 30 or 40 years without due process.