Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the departmental officials for appearing before us today on this important topic.
I'm not sure who to identify this to—Mr. Davidson, probably to you, but I'll let you determine who's best to answer these questions.
Can you share with the committee the reasoning behind the bill with respect to the pre-1947 cases, the Joe Taylor types of cases, which cover the people who did not automatically become Canadian citizens on January 1, 1947, when the first Canadian Citizenship Act took effect? Can you tell us why the bill does not cover these cases?