Great.
We also had some testimony saying that witnesses would like to see paragraph 117(19)(d) of IRPA repealed. This is the section that excludes a person if the sponsor previously made an application for permanent residence and became a permanent resident, and at the time of application, the foreign national was a non-accompanying family member of the sponsor and was not examined.
The complaint that came up in testimony was that if a man immigrates to Canada without knowing that a woman has given birth to his child, that child is not his family member and therefore cannot be sponsored.
Can you speak to any negative unintended consequences that could result from repealing this section, and maybe provide the committee with your understanding of the intent of that section of IRPA?
I know that's a little unfair. If it's not conducive right now, maybe you could provide that to us prior to our wrapping up the study.