Evidence of meeting #27 for Citizenship and Immigration in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was insurance.

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On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Howard Ramos  Professor, Chair of the Department of Sociology, Western University, As an Individual
Arthur Sweetman  Professor, McMaster University, As an Individual
Ravi Jain  Steering Committee Member, Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association
Saeeq Shajjan  Founder and Lawyer, Shajjan & Associates
Kyle Hyndman  Chair, Immigration Law Section, The Canadian Bar Association

1 p.m.

Chair, Immigration Law Section, The Canadian Bar Association

Kyle Hyndman

I think that's probably a better question for the minister than for us.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid

Thank you. With that, this panel comes to an end.

On behalf of all the members of this committee, I would like to thank all three witnesses for appearing before the committee.

Go ahead, Mr. Genuis.

1 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Madam Chair, just before we adjourn, can I ask a quick question about the report that we have received a draft of? Can we get a timeline from the clerk or the analyst that would show, if we were to try to have this done by the end of June and worked back from there, what we would be required to do in order to meet that timeline? Does my question make sense?

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid

Can you please repeat it?

1 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

We have a draft report. If we want to table that draft report before we break for the summer, assuming we break at the regular time, I'm wondering if that's possible at all and what kinds of benchmarks or timelines we have to be aware of in order to have it ready in that timeline.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid

Are you referring to the differential outcomes?

1 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

Yes, exactly.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid

Just for the information of all the members, Thursday's meeting is scheduled to be clause-by-clause on Bill C-242. Then, the week after—the week of June 13, 16 and 18—we will be going through the consideration of the draft report, so it will be up to the members how long they take.

1 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

If we don't have the answer now to my question, can we maybe just receive it in advance, so that we know hypothetically, the day we would have to finish that review by if we want to see the report tabled before we break for the summer?

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid

I'll find out and get back to you next time. We have a hard stop now.

1 p.m.

Conservative

Garnett Genuis Conservative Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan, AB

That's fair enough.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Salma Zahid

We have to adjourn the meeting.

The meeting is adjourned.