Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Leung, on the issue of people who came here when they younger, clearly there's a bit more sympathy for those individuals. We're not talking about anyone who's been convicted of a crime. We are talking about an individual who's been convicted of a crime and sentenced to a peri

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That provision does.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On the issue of taking away the right of appeal for people who have been convicted of a crime of six months or more, I'll answer yes. You've heard my testimony on some of the other issues with which I have concerns. I agree, Mr. Menegakis, with your assessment. These individual

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, they have the right to discuss these issues at sentencing. This was a case in Ontario. The Court of Appeal of Ontario has said that. If he could convince the Court of Appeal to give him a sentence under the amount that would allow him to appeal at the immigration appeal divis

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know why we necessarily get wrapped up in these discussions, although these are important discussions and the committee will have important things to say, as do citizens and my colleague, Mr. Greene, of the Canadian Bar Association. In answer to your first question, it

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are lots of people who commit crimes. Eight hundred fifty might not be a significant number. I'm not too sure of what the volume is in terms of other cases. I'm not too sure that's an alarm bell in terms of the number who are appealing. I haven't seen the statistics as to w

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't want to say that some crimes are more serious than others, but those types of crimes are really high on the level of seriousness. Taking away an appeal on humanitarian and compassionate considerations for that is a very big thing that you're taking away, but if you're goi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. We all expect people to be law-abiding and there are consequences for breaking the law. One of the things that is sometimes lost in this discussion is that even though there may not be an immigration appeal for some of these individuals if they are convicted of a pen

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Lamoureux, beyond the unintentional misrepresentation, the big problem is the misrepresentation when a consultant does it without the knowledge of the applicant. There were a number of cases that were decided in the Federal Court recently where a misrepresentation was held, w

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the committee for inviting me to appear. The last time I recall attending a House of Commons committee meeting was when my father served as a member of Parliament. It is humbling to contribute to the work you do in service to our coun