Yes. The clerk just circulated it. I am just reading that letter:
The Order in Council (OIC) to bring the College Act into force was made by the Governor-General-in-Council on November 20, 2020. It was subsequently posted on the Privy Council Office (PCO) Website on November 25, 2020. At that time, the understanding with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada...was that the making of the OIC marked the coming into force of the College Act. As such, on November 26, 2020, a news release was issued by IRCC announcing its coming into force.
Following the news release, the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC)—at that time, the regulator for immigration and citizenship consultants—immediately submitted a continuance application to the Minister on November 26, 2020.
A coming into force date of November 20, 2020, was also introduced in the public domain via litigation before the Federal Court in ongoing separate litigation (ICCRC vs CICC Corp., Her Majesty the Queen (HMQ) v. CICC Corp. and CICC Corp. v. HMQ and ICCRC.
Subsequent to these events, IRCC was informed by the Department of Justice that the College Act would not, in fact, be in force until December 9, 2020, the date the OIC was to be formally registered in the Gazette part II. Once this became known, the following actions were taken:
On December 3, 2020, a Case Conference was held in the matter, and the Department of Justice brought the mistake to the attention of the Court.
On December 9, 2020, the Department of Justice confirmed to the Federal Court that the College Act came into force on that day through a letter (Annex A). This correction was subsequently recognized and accepted by the Court.
IRCC updated the information in its news release with the correct information regarding the coming into force of the College Act (Annex B).
The ICCRC refiled its continuance application with the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, at the time, the Honourable Marco Mendicino.
I sincerely hope this provides you with the necessary assurance that all appropriate steps were taken in order to correct the error of the coming into force date once it had been discovered.
I would like to thank you for your consideration of these facts.
It's signed “Yours sincerely, Christiane Fox”.
“Annex A” is the “Letter from the Department of Justice to the Federal Court of Canada confirming the coming into force date of the College Act”.
“Annex B” is “Minister Mendicino announces the coming into force of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants Act” - Canada.ca.”
I just want you to read that before we go on.
After Ms. Kwan, we had Mr. Serré. Go ahead, Mr. Serré.