He of course was right, but as usual he was not heeded. Three days before the legislation came in that would have included the provisions for the government to decide the countries that were safe, Barbara McDougall, the then minister, announced that the legislation would come into effect but without enacting the safe country provisions.
Trois jours avant l'adoption du projet de loi qui aurait inclus les dispositions permettant au gouvernement de décider quels pays étaient sûrs, Barbara McDougall, qui était alors ministre, a annoncé que le projet de loi allait être adopté, mais sans les dispositions concernant les pays sûrs.