Citizenship and Immigration committee  In respect of applications, I don't have the figures with me today, but as to admissions to Canada as permanent residents, there were approximately 262,000 in 2005 and about 237,000 in 2007.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In the case of skilled workers, the acceptance rate is about 48%, Mr. Chairman.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, but it's in fact 80%.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, clearly the decisions and processes that are in place for CIC officers, immigration officials.... All public servants have to respect the charter. There are public service standards and codes of conduct that must be followed--values and ethics. If a member of the publi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, I'm not aware of the facts related to this case.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Education and improved public information is one of the key paths that CIC recommends. For example, our recent changes to our website are very blunt, very stark. We tell applicants that they do not need to use the services of a third party representative, that only a Canadian imm

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Whether or not someone chooses to use a third party representative, at one point they need to be in contact with the department, whether it's to download forms or to search out information. One aspect of this issue, as I was saying, is the public information aspect, which we're

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's difficult to estimate the extent to which this activity takes place, given the global system in which we operate. It could happen in sending countries or in Canada. We don't have any sense of the extent.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Where activities by unregistered consultants come to our attention, there are opportunities for CIC, CBSA, or the RCMP to cooperate. If a complaint comes to CIC, we will refer it to CBSA or RCMP for investigation, and perhaps prosecution, under the Immigration and Refugee Protect

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I am not saying that. I am saying that we need to work with them to make sure the materials are put on the mission websites.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  At this point, we've been working only in English and French, but certainly the products we're developing now and translating will be available to different cultural communities.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  At this point we are translating the products we have to make them available.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There's no money set aside specifically. We're looking at this through normal budget processes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Do you mean money specific to this initiative?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe it's being absorbed into the department's communications budget.