First, Bill C-31 would impose unrealistic and unfair deadlines on refugee claiman
ts that would force them to make representations, perhaps at the moment they are most vulnerable,
for example having just experienced violence, torture or sexual assault, and then finding themselves in a new country in an unfamiliar situation, not to mention a situation where a language barrier may likely exist, and where a failure to meet deadlines may pre-emptively dis
qualify their claim without ...[+++] affording them a fair and reasonable opportunity to establish such a refugee claim.