Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being here.
I listened to your presentation carefully. I have been following this issue for a long time. Like all my colleagues, I was very worried about what was happening within the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants and its serious governance problems. Like everyone else, I feel that improvements are necessary.
I wanted to make sure that I understand properly the paradigm shift this bill will bring about. As current legislation stands, the government regulates and determines whom it conducts business with, whom it will authorize to represent citizens in its own process. The Government of Quebec has also come up with its own procedure and criteria for conducting business with consultants. However, I feel that this bill takes matters much further. We are literally talking about overseeing the process and regulating who has the right to practice the profession in its broader sense, be it well before a procedure conducted by the federal government begins or even after it is completed.
Is my understanding of the proposed legislation correct?