Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was curious to me when I read the Evidence, in fact. I'm assuming other senators will also have questions.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We did not address that in the Senate. We were looking at just those who will be captured by the age 28 rule.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't see that as an issue. Again, I just put forward the bill in its very narrow and specific form, and I hope the committee will support the bill.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I have no issue with adding a coming into force clause. I hadn't thought of that, but having heard from the officials, if that will provide some stability, I would be open to that clause.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, there is that possibility. I did speak to my critic when I was going to be appearing here to say that there is talk of amendments and going beyond the scope. She just looked at me with, well, that will change how we respond in the Senate. Again, I would just urge the committ

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have our laws as is because of previous bills such as Bill C-37 and Bill C-24. What you're talking about is not captured in the bill that is before us. I won't comment on what makes more sense or not, but rather say that, for this specific bill, it's really addressing those wh

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The other categories are definitely different in scope, and it would require separate debate. For this particular bill, I'm just saying that it was very focused and narrow to begin with and that's what I am hoping this committee will support.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Once they are reinstated and their documentation is complete, my hope is that they would be treated as any other Canadian. That's the purpose of this bill: to ensure that does happen. Hopefully, with the enactment of the bill, the reinstatement will be helpful to those individual

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, as with anything that impacts on one negatively, there is a possibility that there could still be the remnants of the trauma, of the emotional and mental duress. I don't know for each individual case how that will be, but my hope is that with this bill, when it corrects thos

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have not dealt directly with a case, but I spoke of two very specific examples in my speech in the Senate. I'll share one with you. She has regained her citizenship with the help of Don Chapman and ministerial discretion. An example is Ms. Byrdie Funk, who was born in Mexico t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The clarity I was referring to was regarding the concern that was expressed about the effect on the first-generation limit, that it would be moved to June 2015. I had not intended any unintended consequences with that specific subclause. If there's language that can clarify that,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. That was not the intention of that subclause. The explanation that I've read twice from the Senate legal counsel about it is that the bill doesn't purport to have retroactive effect, which is what was being addressed by the officials last week. As I said, for that specific

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. The exclusion provision, which is subclause 1(3), was tied to the date of the coming into force of Bill C-24. There were some concerns during the drafting of Bill S-245 that not including the subclause may cause conflict between my bill and Bill C-24. That's why it was put i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have the explanation regarding subclause 1(3), and I could read that explanation again. I don't know if that's clear.