Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is actually right. That is the point I am trying to make. This actually is a matter of some urgency.
I regret that members of the opposition, who have every right and indeed responsibility to question legislation and to seek to improve it, fundamentally tend to be opposed to legislation that we propose to strengthen public security, such as this bill.
Every year about 800 serious convicted foreign criminals make appeals to the Immigration Appeal Division, thereby delaying their deportation, typically for several years.
I do not know how long the opposition wants to delay this. Of those 800 criminals, several dozen a month will be released onto our streets, delaying their deportation. Many of them will reoffend. I want to minimize that as quickly as possible.