Madam Speaker, my colleague has made a wonderful comment and has asked a great question.
All we need to do is look at Bill C-11. There was a consensus that there should be an advisory group of professionals, individuals who really understand the issues of human rights and so forth, to determine what could be classified or deemed as a safe country. That is a critical component to refugee policy.
Under this proposed legislation, the minister wants sole discretion to choose which countries are safe.
The consequence of the minister saying that a certain country is safe is that whoever comes from that country will not be able to get a legitimate appeal here in Canada. That is totally unacceptable.