I heard that, and I heard how she qualified that remark every time. It nevertheless leaves a misleading impression.
All I would say to the members of this committee, or anybody, is that if my experience is any indication, I can pick half a dozen people at random who are now wondering about their citizenship. I didn't approach these people. I didn't know the members of the community who all of a sudden are wondering about it. To my knowledge, not one of them has contacted CIC. And they have said they absolutely don't want to for fear of what might happen.
I would suggest that the minister doesn't need to leave her armchair. Take a look at that number of 450. Think about the nature of the problem and how people would react to it. Think about the population of 30-odd million people. That ought to put 450 into perspective. I have no doubt that they only got maybe 450 calls to the CIC call centre. Who would want to make that call?