Status of Women committee  Are you referring to exploitive consultants, if you will, or third-party intermediaries who are trying to bring individuals here to the country and what we can do against them?

Status of Women committee  In terms of our business abroad, our immigration officers are trained. Their day-to-day job is to evaluate what we refer to as the bona fides of somebody's intended purpose in coming here. Are they really who they say they are? When they indicate that they're coming here, is their story credible, and does it really seem to be why they're coming here?

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Mr. Desnoyers. If I understand correctly, you would like to know how agents from our department cooperate and work with RCMP officers.

Status of Women committee  Unfortunately, I don't have those details here, but I will get you that information, which is of a practical, day-to-day nature, and provide it to the committee.

Status of Women committee  Certainly. We expect that there will be a fair number of foreign nationals who will come to work at the Olympics. We're working closely with all our partners and the Olympic organizers to make sure that we have the mechanisms in place to effectively contact the employers and to effectively contract the individuals they are hiring and bringing into the country to work.

Status of Women committee  It's very much a multiple borders entry. How many times can we raise awareness with that first contact, the next contact, and then the ongoing monitoring they're actually here?

Status of Women committee  If I can just add one thing to everything my colleagues have said, I think this is where the importance of the promotion and advertising comes in. The challenge is to get them to come forward and into the door in the first place. When they come in the door, we have an empathetic, welcoming style.

Status of Women committee  Yes. Regarding the number of people who receive services, between May 2006 and December 2008, 44 people were referred to CIC so that their situation could be assessed. Eighteen of them received a temporary resident permit, and half of those later had their permit renewed. As for the other people, there were various reasons why they did not obtain a permit.

Status of Women committee  Unfortunately, I don't have that information.

Status of Women committee  That is part of the situation. Furthermore, there are privacy issues at play. I'm sorry.

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee. My name is Rick Stewart, and I am the associate assistant deputy minister of operations at Citizenship and Immigration Canada. I want to thank the committee for this opportunity to provide an overview of CIC's contribution to combatting human trafficking.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. We appreciated the opportunity.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, everyone. It's a pleasure to be back again. I will take the opportunity to offer some introductory comments to set the stage for this conversation today. I want to thank the committee for the opportunity to be here today and to provide you with an overview of the settlement program at CIC and of the criteria involved in funding service provider organizations that deliver CIC's programs and services to newcomers in Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I may be permitted, on the question of security processing and whether we should do this at the front end instead of the back end, I don't know that we adequately addressed that, and I would just offer a few comments. I think the reason we do it in the order we do is this. I think you can appreciate that it does take time to do security screening and medical screening, but particularly the security side.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I guess what I'm saying, sir, is that I recognize that, and with respect to direct reference to the objective of the motion, the provisions that we have under the act, under the regulations, and the flexibilities we've put into place were designed to be able to get us to a position to make a determination in virtually all cases that we can get to.