Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you also to the witnesses for coming here today.
Ms. Drolet, you mentioned applicants being penalized for coming forward, being vulnerable.
Mr. Kurland, you mentioned preventing abuse.
I want to refer a little to the Australian system with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority, also known as MARA.
If you are choosing an immigration agent, one website offers some recommendations. I'm going to read them off to you:
All registered migration agents have a unique Migration Agents Registration Number (MARN).
You can check if a person is registered by searching for their MARN on the MARA website....
No person can guarantee you will get a visa—even if the person is a registered migration agent.
There are a lot of recommendations in the Australian system. I believe they have these to prevent a lot of the abuse and misinformation that is given by these agents to their clients.
You mentioned in your testimonies about the abuse and vulnerability. Could you elaborate on that, and do you agree with certain aspects of the Australian system?
I can start with you, Ms. Drolet.