I think that's a point that's been made in several complaints brought by individuals to this committee. CSIC is a regulator. We're not a member advocate organization. Our interests are in pursuing the public mandate through maintaining our programs and maintaining the regulation and control of our membership. CSIC's fees are sufficient to meet the needs of CSIC in carrying out its mandate—no more, no less. When everything is taken into consideration, including errors and omissions insurance, our fees are lower for immigration practice than the fees of some law societies in Canada, notably the Law Society of Upper Canada. This allows immigration consultants to derive exactly the same kind of income that a lawyer can derive in immigration practice.
On October 18th, 2010. See this statement in context.