Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can say that my own practice is criminal and immigration law. I can say that refugee law by far is not the most lucrative part of my practice. I don't know any refugee lawyers who are making significant amounts of money practising refugee law. I came here for two days to address a number of concerns I have about the bill.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In fact, it's quite helpful for us.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's very difficult. We have suggestions on a number of different clauses. The investigative detention provisions are of some concern. There are a number of concerns within the refugee context. The cessation provisions would be high up there. The denial of humanitarian and compassionate access is of definite concern.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The differences are night and day. The normal detention provision under the act is that there is a detention review after 48 hours, then after seven days, then every 30 days thereafter. In the most exceptional detention regime that we have, which is dealing with security certificates, there's a detention review at the beginning and then a review at least every six months thereafter.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The interpretation is pretty clear on the face of the bill. I don't think it takes a subtle interpretation of the bill to look clause 19 and see that it changes section 46. There's no ambiguity about it. It is a change. In the minister's discussions about this, there seems to be a confusion between vacation and cessation.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. As I said in the beginning, we have done our best to conduct a detailed study in the time frame allotted to us. I would be happy to answer questions on any of the issues raised in our written submissions. Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the opportunity to address the committee today. We members of the CBA section spent the last several weeks studying this bill in as much detail as time allowed. As you are aware, it's a very complex piece of legislation, with major impacts on immigration and refugee law.