Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, exactly.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They are war brides.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I agree as well. It's as Bill said, perfection is the enemy of the good. It's not perfect, but I certainly need to see this pass. I can't take it anymore. It's just too much sorrow and sadness and upset. I agree with it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. This is the history. The Canadian war brides who came to this country believed that they had been given citizenship by virtue of every statement that had been given to them, and every document in the years between 1942 and 1946. They came here, were handed documents sayin

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was 20,997.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The average birth rate for that group of Canadians is 2.5.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It would be 20,997 times 2.5.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay, I'm getting to the end. It doesn't seem to have been carried through. Ed, you said it wasn't personal, but you know the war brides and their children are going to feel that it's personal. When discussing strippers is more important than discussing war brides and their ci

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for inviting me today. This is my fifth appearance before the committee, and I have to say I'm a little disappointed that Bill C-37 has not become reality. I wrote some notes so I could at least have some thoughts to refer to. After listening to Bill, I think it's i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd like to say that I understand where you're coming from. You want your minister to solve this problem because it's so solvable that it's ridiculous. You don't want her to be called Charlie Brown and you don't want Stephen Harper to be called Charlie Brown, because that brought

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have had the opportunity.... I'm probably one of the few people in the country who has actually explored the bowels of the National Archives microfilm, which is huge for the war brides. One thing about the military, they kept excellent records. So you know some pretty...Privacy

Citizenship and Immigration committee  So can Don come and sit?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. There are a number of people who are willing to help, who have experience, who have been trying to get this through to the citizenship department at the highest levels. I don't claim to be a citizenship expert. I didn't want to be, and I am not. But I know what's right an

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Pauline is going to join us.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm in a very unique situation because I am an historian of the Canadian War Brides. I've been doing this for over 20 years now. When I first started, believe me, the last thing I expected was to be sitting in front of a panel, for the fourth time, talking about stripping citize