We have serious problems with the issue of visitors visas for relatives who have applications pending in that particular post, not only for mothers, fathers, grandparents, but for children or spouses. They assume that because there is an application, the visitor visa is going to be used for people to come and stay in Canada, which is true. But they don't seem to have a concept of a humanitarian program that would imply that the person can come here and wait.
We have a huge rate of rejection for family members who try to come to visit Canada for a while because of poverty. Most of the refugees we are talking about don't have resources back home, so they don't meet the criteria of having property--do you know what I mean--credit cards, and whatever. They are refused on the basis of poverty because they don't have a way to prove the link with society. On the other hand, it would be wonderful if we could have a humanitarian visa to come to Canada for family reasons or for other kinds of reasons, to wait for the process here.