Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. Definitely our long-term solution is that the PRRA be taken out of the hands of CIC--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, sent to the IRB.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Personally, I haven't thought that through. There are many challenges with humanitarian and compassionate claims. It could be the topic of a whole presentation.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know if class actions exist on a world scale, but some international bodies have pronounced on the problem of the absence of an appeal, notably the Organization of American States in its review of Canadian asylum procedures. It has commented on the fact that the absence o

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, it's from CIC.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, I have to say right off that every institutional arrangement faces its challenges. What I would have to say is that it's not the IRB that didn't want to establish the refugee appeal division; it's the Government of Canada. Now, that said, and admitting that every instituti

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have heard about one case, a Palestinian fellow who was removed and has a successful H and C, and now apparently should be returned to Canada. It's definitely a potential part of the system, but it seems to happen very rarely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It varies a lot. To begin with, the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, the CIRB, makes its decision. If the claim is successful, the problem is resolved. If not, the claimant can ask for a judicial review by the Federal Court but the Court refuses 89% of the applications. Go

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think the position of both Amnesty and my own organization, the Table de concertation, is that indefinite detention without access to evidence and without a charge is something that's not compatible with our system. Of course, I'm not telling you anything new to tell you it's b

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Go ahead with your Pakistani example.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. I want to thank the committee members for receiving us today and for taking time to hear us. I'd like to draw your attention to the recommendations we have made on pages 9 and 10 of the English version of our brief. We have them in two different parts. One is immedi