Mr. Speaker, do you see what is going on? Insults are being tossed back and forth.
Here are the facts on these amendments. The committee determined that, for a person to be considered to have a substantial connection to Canada, they must have lived in Canada for a certain number of days over a certain period of time. Anyone over the age of 18 has to be able to speak an official language, undergo a security screening, and so on. That, incidentally, is what the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act provides.
My colleague did say that we were practically attacking her own family. I imagine that she did not mean it but feels emotional about it. In fact, a Canadian student who travels abroad, gives birth, comes back to the country and has a life here is by no means targeted by these amendments.
I said that we have to read bills carefully and be scrupulous parliamentarians, and that is how we improve the quality of our debates. I stand by what I said.