Mr. Speaker, I can assure the House that any individual who arrives in Canada will be processed in full accordance with our Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
That means that people will undergo a screening for their admissibility and their eligibility to come to Canada. It means that if they are detained, they will have access to the IRB for detention hearings at the 48 hour, 7 day and 30 day stages and, of course, they have the right to legal counsel.
I understand that in this particular incident legal counsel has been offered to the 76 foreign nationals being detained in Maple Ridge, British Columbia.