Mr. Speaker, one of the issues that a lot of new immigrants have when coming to this country is getting through security screening. Those of us who process files in our offices know they can take up to a year or even longer to get through this security screening process. I would note that in the bill, there is no proposal for those who are going to be given citizenship to have any kind of security screening at all. I am wondering if the minister can comment on how it makes any sense to grant citizenship to people without even checking to see if they have committed or have been convicted of serious crimes.
There is nothing like that in the legislation, and I wonder what the minister thinks of that.