Madam Speaker, at the end of their motion, the Conservatives ask the House to “pass policies to immediately expel foreign nationals convicted of serious crime in Canada”, but under the existing legislation, such individuals serve their sentences here in Canada and are then deported.
Our concern is that people who are convicted of serious crimes will be immediately deported without having to serve their sentence. There is no guarantee that the person will serve that sentence outside of Canada, in another country. I am thinking about the families of victims of Driver Inc. truckers who lost their loved ones as a result of criminal negligence. We will have to tell them that the person who was found guilty will be deported without having served their sentence.
What is the reasoning behind this part of the motion?