Mr. Speaker, what the Liberals did not do was respect the ruling because, as the member pointed out, the judge provided for a substantial connection test. That is absent from the bill.
What the Liberals did do was create a two-tier system for applying for citizenship. One tier is for those who are applying through naturalization, whereby they have to get a language test, go for a background check and spend a certain period of time in Canada within five years. The Liberals, on the other hand, for those who meet the wide criteria that they have set out, would give automatic citizenship to persons who have no meaningful connection to Canada.
These amendments would harmonize the process to end a two-tier immigration process and respect the ruling of the Ontario Superior Court judge, a ruling that the Liberal government should have appealed in the first place.