I'll take this opportunity to thank the panellists for coming today and providing their valuable input to the study we are undertaking.
My first question is for Mr. Ungar.
One of your topics of study has been families across cultures, immigration, and refugees. We have heard a lot about family during our study, the definition of a family. Our immigration system is based on the western definition of a nuclear family: two parents and their dependent children. But that isn't in line with the definition of a family in many other countries and cultures, including many of the countries Canada draws the maximum number of immigrants from. Their parents and grandparents, older children, and even sometimes aunts and uncles, often live under the same roof as a family.
Could you discuss the varying definitions of family and whether you believe the definition of family in our immigration regulations is still appropriate?