Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think the backlog would definitely drop. Either people would take the visa and come as visitors or some people would realize there is no chance of getting an immigration visa and would drop out of the queue.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  How many more PhDs do we need driving taxis in Toronto?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I really can't say. I have a feeling that at least the ones who are already here, as I mentioned already, who are trying to get some kind of supplementary income from the government, will try their best to move into subsidized housing—plus all these language courses, and blah-bla

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I said, I agree in principle that we should give them an extended visa to come, a visitor's visa—whether five-year, ten-year, or even twenty-year, I don't care, but multiple—but as I mentioned, as long as they don't become a burden on society. On the other hand, at least the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I certainly agree in principle with what you have already mentioned, as long as they will not become a burden to this country. I do not want to see change in this thing with Vancouver. But nowadays if you walk into a subsidized seniors home, say in Scarborough, over 30% of the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  How many is not the issue. Canada's a big country, whether they're taking in two million, five million, ten million, whatever. The issue is whether after they arrive in Canada we have a job for them so they can reasonably settle down, that we have schools for the kids to go to. T

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I said just before, all you really need is to give them an extended visa, a visitor visa, and they're on their own. If their purpose is to unite with their family, they're welcome to come and stay as long as they want, as long as they don't become a burden on this society.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, ladies and gentlemen, my name is Tom Pang and I'm here representing the Chinese Canadian Community Alliance, a community organization in Toronto, Ontario. I was, during the late 1980s, the president of the Chinese Community Centre of Ontari