Thank you, Mr. Chair, and on your instructions I'll be very polite to Conservatives. I won't mention them.
I'm a bit confused over this intent to reside provision. As you know, there have been quite a lot of concerns expressed by lawyers about the constitutionality of it, and the idea that a person could have his citizenship revoked if, having expressed an intent to reside in Canada, he then lived elsewhere. Now the minister has just told us it doesn't apply at all after you become a citizen that your intent may change, and before you're a citizen, when you're a permanent resident, it doesn't really matter what your intent is, you're legally required to be here four out of six years.
What purpose does it serve to have it at all since it doesn't apply after you're a citizen and it is not needed before, other than perhaps to frighten people into the mistaken belief they could have their citizenship revoked?