Chair, through you, there are a couple of questions we have.
One relates to the point you've just made. You've clarified that if a Canadian parent has a child in another country, that child can pass on citizenship if they were to be in the same circumstance.
If the opposite isn't true from an adoption perspective.... If they came here as permanent residents and then became Canadian citizens, they would actually have an additional generation to be able to assist. I think it's important to note that, because you start to....
Mr. Gilbert, you alluded to our international obligations in one of your answers, and this is one of the major reasons that it was good to have you folks here to talk specifically about this. You stated a very clear and concise response with respect to adoption in India and the circumstances upon which adoption and citizenship can work in adoption, and the only process a parent could use is permanent residency.
The concern I have is the idea of a blanket allowance of adoption giving Canadian citizenship immediately. Under international obligations, if we wanted to pass that into law, we wouldn't actually be able to do so.