Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the Conservative member who just expanded on Bill C-31, for which the time allocated for debate has been limited, yet again.
How does he justify the fact that the detention will violate a number of rights and freedoms of asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants? This practice was condemned in Australia, since it is an arbitrary detention denounced by Amnesty International and a number of human rights groups.
Some people, including children, might be imprisoned for a year simply because they arrived by boat, like my parents did.
The government considers this mode of entry into the country to be illegal. How does the hon. member justify this?