Madam Speaker, I congratulate the hon. member for Trinity—Spadina for making some important amendments to this bill. It proves that she works well on the committee and is able to get a lot of positive improvements made to bills that she works on.
One of her amendments would increase the time that the government can go after smugglers and traffickers from a paltry six months to ten years. That really toughens up the legislation and makes us not only tough on crime but also smart on crime. I give her full credit for that.
She also got an amendment to allow the minister to revoke the regulator, which was important. She also got an amendment to require the disclosure of the use of representatives. She got an amendment to allow the publishing of a list of disciplined consultants. This is important for people when choosing a consultant. She also managed to get a hotline to report fraud. The member for Trinity—Spadina managed to make substantial amendments to the bill.
One amendment that she was unable to get through, which was equally important, was the inclusion of overseas employment recruiters. Two or three years ago, we had a situation in Manitoba involving an operator who is still in business. This situation presented a lot of problems. The individual was going overseas and bringing people from Germany to Canada under overseas employment contracts. He was constantly getting complaints from people who he brought over because he was taking advantage of their situation.
Would the member like to further comment on the fact that she was unable to get accepted what I think would have been an important amendment to this bill?