Mr. Nigel Thomson at the Citizenship and Immigration Committee

On October 18th, 2010. See this statement in context.

October 18th, 2010 / 4 p.m.

Chair, Board of Directors, Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants

That's an excellent question, Monsieur St-Cyr.

As one example, we had 130 individuals write the examination for membership in September. More than 100 passed, so the rate of growth has been exceeding our expectations.

To go back to your original question, CSIC has been tracking about 1,600 to 1,700 ghost agents. Our intelligence department has been tracking them and reporting to enforcement agencies.

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