Minister, in an exchange with one of the Liberal MPs, the question was asked about the paying of smugglers and bribes by certain people to get across the border.
You said in your response that you won't condone it, but you understand.
Are you aware that under the IRPA, paragraph 36(2)(c), committing an offence overseas that would be an offence in Canada makes a person ineligible to obtain a visa? It's an offence in Canada to pay human traffickers under Criminal Code section 279. Would those people then be denied a visa to come to Canada?