That's how it should be. I appreciate that.
I just want to close with this, so that there is no miscommunication or misinterpretation by anyone on this committee. I do not take issue with officials. It has never been with officials. My frustration's been with the government and the way in which they have worked on this program, the way they have not implemented what the caregivers themselves have asked for, which is the recognition of the principle that, if they're good enough to work, they're good enough to stay and, therefore, they should be granted landed status on arrival. That is not being implemented.
Now with these pilot programs, there are some basic questions that matter to the caregivers. Why do they matter? It's because they come here and they work so hard for their families and then they are still going to be penalized. That's the net result of it. Yes, they get a pre-approval in two years, but at the end of the day they will still be under all sorts of other implications that negatively impact them. By the government's own admission, it is actually saying that they are valued. It wants them here. It recognizes that we need them here, but still they cannot get landed status on arrival. As a result, they face these penalties.
Mr. Chair, that is my point and that is a question that I would love for the minister to come to this committee and answer. He should answer these questions to us and to the caregivers.
With that, Mr. Chair, I'm going to move on to a different subject. It's not that this is an unimportant issue, but clearly the officials will not have the answers. It's not because they don't want to give them, but because they haven't been given the information by the minister and this government to provide answers to the caregivers and committee members.
At this point, I'd like to move a motion, Mr. Chair:
That, pursuant to Standing Orders 108(2), the Committee immediately undertake a study on the subject matter of the following provisions of Bill C-97, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget, tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019, and other measures: Part 4, Division 15 and Part 4, Division 16. That, recommendations, including amendments be submitted to the Standing Committee on Finance in a letter to the Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance, in both official languages; that, amendments provided by the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration to the Standing Committee on Finance are deemed proposed during the clause-by-clause consideration of Bill C-97; that this study be comprised of no fewer than 8 meetings and; that the Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, the Minister for Border Security, and Departmental Officials be in attendance for at least one meeting.