Under that definition, a family member is limited to a spouse, a dependent child and a dependent child of a dependent child, with the definition of a dependent child being someone under 22 years of age. You understand that the problem we have is that corrupt foreign officials are bringing their adult children here to hide themselves, along with the illicit wealth that has been gained.
I prefer using the immediate family definition out of the Canadian labour standards regulations, which says that immediate family is:
(a) the employee’s spouse or common-law partner;
(b) the employee’s father and mother and the spouse or common-law partner of the father or mother;
(c) the employee’s children and the children of the employee’s spouse or common-law partner;
(d) the employee’s grandchildren;
(e) the employee’s brothers and sisters;
(f) the grandfather and grandmother of the employee;
Immediate family is adult children and siblings. That, to me, better protects Canada from being used as a safe haven by these corrupt foreign officials and the gross human rights violators we're trying to stop.
Wouldn't you agree with that?