Mr. Speaker, I want to address the issue of doing a background check, of really doing a criminal check to ensure the people coming into the country are people who are going to be safe walking around our communities, our schools, our malls or anywhere down the streets near our homes. I really fail to see why the Liberal government does not understand the importance of doing these criminal checks. Under the bill, someone could be born outside the country to someone who was here 30 years ago, have never lived a minute in this country, have never contributed a penny to this country, and expect to come to the country as a full Canadian citizen without giving our country the right to do a background check as to their criminality.
The member opposite in the Liberal party mentioned her family. I am sure she is not concerned about her son passing a criminal test.
I wonder if the member can weigh in on this.