Yes, Mr. Chair, I do have a comment or two.
I don't believe you will find that Citizenship and Immigration Canada takes any representations from somebody who is not a member of CSIC. The problem I have is for work independent of CSIC and individuals who have used the service of immigration consultants.
The fact that we would like to call the individuals who have used the services of immigration consultants is fine, but there's been a move by many people who have come forward and spoken to many of us about CSIC and how hard the level is to complete their exam. There's a level for competency and there's a level for the speaking of English. I know for a fact that there are certain communities, including especially a particular community in my riding, that have come and said they've studied in Canada, they've earned their degrees in Canada, and yet they cannot get that exam.
The organization and the way it's working.... The level they have, the standard for people to come in, is so high. I'm just wondering if Mr. Siksay knows of individuals who are independent of CSIC. Maybe he should bring those to the attention of the minister and ask the minister not to represent them anymore.
My only problem is...I don't mind getting them in here, but the wording of “independent”--I mean, if I'm working independent of CSIC, I'm certainly not going to come here and say I did that.