Mr. Speaker, I think the delays, in the criminal aspect, have zero weight, because immediately upon the suspicion that someone is involved in criminal activity, the asylum proceedings suspend. The CBSA will not pursue those. The CBSA goes through the claimant's criminal actions, so it does not affect it.
When it comes to anybody who has been living over a year in Canada, under the new bill, if it passes the Senate, comes back here and we expeditiously pass it, they would be ineligible for asylum. That would reduce the timelines in general, but when it comes to anybody involved in serious criminality, the asylum process would not be a hindrance to their criminal trial. It gets suspended. Once their sentencing is done, they would be deported as needed.
