Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to everyone who's here. I've got two quick questions. I'd like to hear from as many of you as I can, and I know in five minutes it might be tough.
In all your cases, it seems you've had resistance from CIC at different levels. I don't quite understand why. I just want to hear what your feeling is. Is it an attitudinal thing? I don't see the benefit for CIC to actually leave you guys stateless like that. That doesn't make any sense, so please shed any light you can on your personal feeling about it.
Second, I'm curious to know whether you've ever had any political help or political intervention in your individual cases, from MPs in particular. In Edmonton I personally have never dealt with a case like this. Many of you, I hear, are from B.C., and obviously you're smarter than I. It's colder in Edmonton. That's probably why you're in B.C.
Nonetheless, I'm sure I'm going to hear from somebody soon as more people are coming forward, but if you've had any political help, I just want to know whether it's made any difference, or if the MPs generally are not wanting to touch your case.