Citizenship and Immigration committee  Is enough—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think, certainly not in terms of.... There are some improvements that could be made. More people could be processed, and certainly you want to ensure that there is more speed in the system. I have no problem with some of the parts of it, but on this, I think there is absolutely

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it is a flaw. I think it's against the nature of what we should expect in a parliamentary democracy.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, in our view, it doesn't matter whether it works or not, because it is inappropriate to do it. It's an insult to all Canadians. Because the minute you start deciding that there could be mandatory detention of a group, which group will be next? That's the reason that I ask yo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, I think that's certainly one possibility. It's the duty of parliamentarians to prevent this from ever occurring. It has occurred before. It could occur again. I urge you to prevent this, to protect us, and to protect our reputation for the future.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it's also important to recognize that it's not true that refugees have not been good immigrants in Canada. They have contributed a lot to Canada. We should be proud to have accepted refugees in Canada. I think this is important to recognize. This is not about trying to be

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think there are certainly some ways in which the system has been applied at times that we would disagree with. But on the whole, I think that it does at least satisfy the interests of the minister. This section that imposes mandatory detention for 12 months without judicial r

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. That's one.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In our view, I think we have always taken the position that it's dangerous to politicize too much this safe country list. An impartial advisory group that makes recommendations is a good idea. Why prevent the minister from getting good advice prior to making a decision? It seem

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It seems to me the irregular arrivals make no sense in the long run. If you look at what the bill says, it says two things about irregular arrivals. First is that they are going to be detained mandatorily. I have said several times that I think that's wrong for many reasons. Seco

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association wants to thank the committee for inviting us. I will begin my remarks in French and will then continue in English. The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that was founde

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will conclude on that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The obligation is to prosecute people at the place where there are the resources to prosecute them. At times, it could be that you need to send them to the place where they are ready to prosecute them. It's the reverse of what you're saying. It's not bringing them back, it's bri

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You have both options.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I suggested that the government have both options. The idea is that people are presumed innocent. You have to have evidence.