Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, Ms. Landman.
As I was just saying, we have traveled across Canada from the Pacific Ocean to here. We have been travelling for two and a half weeks, and we are learning a lot about various problems. This is a multi-party committee with responsibility for studying these issues. Our committee is composed of 12 members of Parliament, including the Chair. You will notice that this morning only four of the 12 committee members are here. I mention this because I very much regret the absence of the four Conservative Party representatives, who would have benefited from hearing what you are telling us, because the purpose of our trip is to hear what you have to say. Those people can always read the reports that will come out after, but it isn't the same as hearing it in person. We in the Bloc Québécois play an active part in these discussions.
I agree with the points made by my colleague, that the problem with CSIC is that it is virtually accountable to no one. It is an organization that was simply set up without any supervision. According to the information we have, and we have heard from a lot of people, I think there may even be more immigration consultants practising in Canada who are not members of CSIC. There are the Immigration Practitioners and a number of other groups. I was wondering how the other immigration consultants who are not members of CSIC at present can still practice properly.