Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, that's right. To return to Ms. James's point about health care costs, there is absolutely crystal clear evidence that if you have a concern about health care costs, you really ought not to detain people. Detention, particularly long-term detention, creates all sorts physica

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The concept of a list is an anathema to international refugee law, and if it must be done.... I'm not supportive of it being done in any fashion.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This bill is omnibus in character, so it has diverse motivations. But certainly a majority of the provisions are directed toward punishing people who come to Canada by irregular means. A small number of the provisions are directed toward increasing penalties for smuggling, but

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a difficult question to answer, because Australia has a universal visa system, and anybody who enters Australia without a visa will be detained. So there are a lot of people who come into the country who are detained for a short period of time when they first arrive.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, because lots of people arrive in Australia and have permission to enter the country. They have tourist visas. They have student visas. They have business visas. Just as in Canada, all sorts of people who eventually end up seeking asylum can arrive in a number of different way

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, you can have an identity document and still be detained in Australia.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. You wouldn't have a visa unless your identity was proven. Australia doesn't issue visas without it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If we only talked about boat arrivals, we would be looking at 20% or 10%. It would vary, as some years it would be nobody. There's actually very little detail in the bill to suggest who will be designated. The capacity to designate foreign nationals is enormous. So the question i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The issue—