Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I was very disappointed with that last vote. With that being said, I move that Bill C-12, in clause 52, be amended by adding after line 42 on page 23 the following:
(5) Section 112 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):
(4) A removal order is stayed in respect of an applicant who is not described in subsection 112(3), whose application for protection is rejected and who applies for leave to commence an application for judicial review in accordance with section 72, and the stay is effective until the day on which the Federal Court refuses their application for leave or denies their application for judicial review.
Mr. Chair, this amendment would ensure that people subject to the new ineligibility...would be afforded a statutory stay of removal, pending the termination of an application for judicial review of a negative pre-removal risk assessment, if one is filed. A legislative stay of removal like this would greatly alleviate the burden on the already overstretched Federal Court, Mr. Chair, and I hope committee members will support this.
