Mr. Speaker, those who are trying to seek safety here in Canada are on the record as saying that they do not feel that the U.S. is a safe country for them. That is why that agreement needs to be suspended.
It is not just the NDP that is saying it. The Canadian Council for Refugees, the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Amnesty International, and more than 200 law professors have been clear that in light of these troubling developments south of our border, Canada must suspend the safe third country agreement.
Those who are risking life and limb are doing it because of this agreement. The member talked about wanting to create orderliness at the border. The way to do that is to ensure that people go through the proper channels, that they go through the front door to seek support from Canada with their applications and are processed accordingly, and not through the back door, which is what they are being forced to do because of the safe third country agreement.