Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I welcome the witnesses this afternoon.
I want to pick up on the comment that was made about what we mean by citizenship. You've spoken about citizenship as not only a sense of pride, but as a democratic responsibility and an opportunity for renewed citizen engagement. Obviously citizenship also entails certain rights, responsibilities, and access to certain benefits. It's a legal question too.
Something that I've been made aware of is that while we have lots of immigration specialists, immigration lawyers, we don't have citizenship lawyers. It's not a specialized branch of law. I'd like to know if you are aware of that, if this is something you've come across, and whether you think this ought to be a branch of legal study. Should we encourage lawyers to become specialists in citizenship as well as immigration law?