Citizenship and Immigration Committee on May 12th, 2008

Evidence of meeting #42 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 backlog.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Consideration of the subject matter of Part 6 of Bill C-50, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 26, 2008 and to enact provisions to preserve the fiscal plan set out in that budget

MPs speaking

Norman Doyle
Maurizio Bevilacqua
Thierry St-Cyr
Ed Komarnicki
Colleen Beaumier
Andrew Telegdi
Jim Karygiannis
Olivia Chow
Robert Carrier
Nina Grewal

Also speaking

Lorne Waldman  Immigration Lawyer, As an Individual
Barbara Jackman  Immigration and Refugee Lawyer, As an Individual
Janet Dench  Executive Director, Canadian Council for Refugees
Philip Mooney  National President, Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants
Imran Qayyum  Vice-Chair, Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants
Warren Creates  Head, Immigration Law Group, Perley-Robertson, Hill and McDougall LLP
David Cohen  Immigration Lawyer, As an Individual
John P. Ryan  Chair, Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants
Tom Pang  Acting President, Chinese Canadian Community Alliance
Ping Tan  National Executive Co-Chair, National Congress of Chinese Canadians
Roberto Jovel  Coordinator, Policy and Research, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

Colleen Beaumier Liberal Brampton West, ON

[Inaudible--Editor]

6:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

[Inaudible--Editor]

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

Jim Karygiannis Liberal Scarborough—Agincourt, ON

Are you running this like the Prime Minister is running the show, the Gong Show? No wonder...is not coming back in. Gong!

6:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Norman Doyle

The meeting is adjourned.