Citizenship and Immigration Committee on March 31st, 2008

Evidence of meeting #18 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was worker.

On the agenda

Undocumented and Temporary Foreign Workers

Immigration Consultants

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Roslyn Kunin Director, British Columbia Office, Canada West Foundation

Martin Collacott Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute

Don DeVoretz Professor of Economics, Co-Director and Principal Investigator of the Centre of Excellence on Immigration and Integration, Simon Fraser University, Canadian Immigration Policy Council

David Fairey Researcher, Trade Union Research Bureau, British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council

Wayne Peppard Executive Director, British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council

Joe Barrett Researcher, British Columbia and Yukon Territory Building and Construction Trades Council

Lualhati Alcuitas Grassroots Women

Erika Del Carmen Fuchs Organizer, Justicia for Migrant Workers--British Columbia

Tung Chan Chief Executive Officer, S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Denise Valdecantos Board Member, Philippine Women Centre of BC

Mildred German Member, Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance - National, Philippine Women Centre of BC

Alex Stojicevic Chair, National Citizenship and Immigration Law Section, Canadian Bar Association

Carmel Wiseman Lawyer, Policy and Legal Services Department, Law Society of British Columbia

Nancy Salloum Chairperson, Canadian Society of Immigration Practitioners

Elie Hani Vice-Chair, Canadian Society of Immigration Practitioners

5:45 p.m.

Chair, National Citizenship and Immigration Law Section, Canadian Bar Association

Alex Stojicevic

If the goal of the minister would be, for example, as she tagged to Bill C-17, parameters to prevent certain vulnerable persons from being issued work permits, she can issue an operations memorandum on this point. She can have her staff instruct her people in the field to be very mindful of particular issues, and that will have an effect on how many visas are issued.

5:45 p.m.

Conservative

Ed Komarnicki Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

My question is, what might they look like?

5:45 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

I'm sorry, but I have to bring it to an end.

I want to thank you for coming to our committee. I hope committee members can now see why we have to maintain a little bit of relevance to the three topics that we discuss.

Thank you very much, all of you, for being here.

The committee will adjourn until tomorrow.