Citizenship and Immigration committee  Among the people I work with, approximately 1,000 turn 28 every year. They face confusion. Those 1,000 people are reason enough for me to support this bill. They call for help. Trying to sort out their situations is plenty enough reason, but I don't know all the other numbers.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think our message here is clear. Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You referred again to the question of first or second generation, and I just want to say that at present, for a second-generation person to retain Canadian citizenship they have to spend at least one full year in Canada, and that has to be done before age 28. Under this new bill,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We are prepared to accept that. For children, for minors, it goes quickly.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  May I suggest, given that this involves war brides, that it would be a wonderful Valentine's Day gift.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. The case of the Mennonites is that there were in the last century a number of Mennonites, several thousand, who moved to Latin America for religious reasons. Some of them became very poor there, and they would really like to come back, so they have applied for citizen

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, there are not major discrepancies. There are some details that one could pick up on, but this is totally compatible with that report and picks up the main thrusts of it. That's why we support it. Could I take a very short minute to respond to a question that was raised earl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, they can come to Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, there's a substantial window.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Everyone here is familiar with the proverb about the perfect being the enemy of the good, and this bill is good. Indeed, it's very good. It doesn't cover everything that we might wish it would cover, but the members of this committee have worked hard on