Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it would be part of the process. I'm just throwing this option open to the committee and the immigration department to consider. In my view, you're rejecting too many people. If there are trafficking issues, if there are security issues, then perhaps an in-person intervi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's the invitation letter.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I appreciate the comments of Mr. Opitz with regard to security. We have already mentioned that there are issues with regard to trafficking. Let's look at it from a business case perspective. If you're rejecting around 20% of your applicants, and if we use this 300,000 figure—ju

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. As I mentioned earlier, with regard to face-to-face interviews, perhaps one pilot you could consider is face-to-face interviews for people you're about to reject. For me, the issue is a speedy appeal. A lot of people are applying on a very time-sensitive basis. For example

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have a couple of comments. Most people who come to visit do leave. It seems to me that the problems we're identifying are with the visa holders. There are people who visit who don't require a visa. What about them? Are we concerned about Americans or Britons who overstay? I

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. In my view, you should look at a program to land the people who are without status in Canada, especially those who have been in Canada for a long period of time. It would balance off the deportations that are taking place right now.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I agree with my colleague. You mentioned 35 million tourists, but many of them do not require a visa. Of the 35 million, perhaps 11 million are Americans, and I don't know how many really require a visa. With regard to the super visa, there is 80% acceptance, but that means 20%

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On asking for bonds, some travel on the ADS, and they do require some deposit to maintain—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In China, yes. It's on the Chinese side.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'll be sharing my time with my colleague, Ms. Alice Choy, who is our national director. Good morning, everyone, honourable members. I'm Victor Wong. I'm the executive director of the Chinese Canadian National Council. With me is Ms. Alice Choy, our nati

Human Resources committee  When you step back from it and look at the data from a dispassionate perspective, it's poor planning.

Human Resources committee  Yes, but I prefer not to compare two groups. Actually, an overestimate is just as bad as an underestimate. As a result of the data that comes out, you end up rejigging a whole bunch of social programs, and you may inefficiently allocate funds to one community and under-allocate

Human Resources committee  Statistics Canada does do some outreach, and they've done that on all of their major surveys, including the census in the past. We've also helped out with this in promoting participation in past census initiatives. We're saying you need to have more, because when you look at the

Human Resources committee  Thanks, Mr. Martin. It's important to have a complete census and one where the data is reliable, because we need a national portrait. The data would act as a benchmark, so we can also make use of all of the other administrative data tools. When you start to drop things, if you d

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good morning, everyone. Honourable members, thank you for inviting us to present today. I'm Victor Wong, with the Chinese Canadian National Council. Founded in 1980, the CCNC is a national non-profit organization with 27 chapters across Canada. We're a