Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, absolutely not. I think that with most individuals who want to visit their families, for example, for a wedding, a death, or a special function, the majority of them are all positive. They have no problem going back. I'm talking about the individuals who are potential immig

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —you'll most likely be fine.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In that case I think you need to make sure you talk to the Minister of Immigration, and maybe the visa officers. Maybe they need to do more outreach. People forget one thing: when you have 800,000 Indo-Canadians in this country, you're going to have marriages, you're going to h

Citizenship and Immigration committee  First of all, I don't think it should be the responsibility of the Government of Canada to pay for the security check. We should pass that cost on to someone who wants to come. I think that can be done very effectively and that won't be an additional cost to us. The second thin

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think anyone who is coming as a student or temporary worker should go through the same screening we apply to potential immigrants. I think that's the key. Right now, the Government of Canada has special forms and we have special instructions, and those standards are pretty much

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for giving me this opportunity again to explain. I have two specific, very practical ideas that can be implemented without having additional costs for us. Number one, it sometimes happens that there is a message within a community or in a country that Canada is open—y

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely, but I just want to point out that what has happened.... If I have to get a security certificate, the Government of Canada says, “Mr. A, you are okay. Everything is okay with you. Your medical is good. Your history is good. Everything is good, but now we need a secur

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In my opening statement, I gave two recommendations, and those are very clear. I will make sure to e-mail my presentation. I would highly recommend that we proceed on this as soon as possible. It can be done. It's cost-effective. It's not going to cost any money to us as taxpaye

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think overall there has been a significant improvement, but the recent action by the Department of Immigration here, and in Chandigarh and New Delhi, will be very helpful. You have to clamp down on all this illegal consulting. I think they are giving the wrong information. They

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, I think that's a separate thing because the labs.... You know, the medical examination has two parts. One is the physical exam, and then the second part is the lab test and X-rays. The lab tests are being done by labs that must be certified and they may be certified but peo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Lamoureux. I will e-mail this certificate, and I think everybody from your committee should examine it. It's such a fraudulent document that anybody sitting in Canada or in any part of the world could produce it very easily. I think we need to have a standard tha

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for asking that question. I think medical screening on the whole is pretty good. What I'm concerned with is a practical problem. For example, if a future immigrant first has to go through a medical examination and the medical examination is done by a designated medical

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think it's going to slow down the process. Actually, it will enhance the process. For example, in Punjab now, once you go through the visa application centres, you put in your application and then they will call you if you are qualified or you are able to come to Canada

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely not. They're going to go through tests anyway, whether you send them to place A or place B. I'm simply asking to have more accountability and more control, so that the officials will have more access.