Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I have the honour of presenting a petition signed by concerned citizens of the greater Toronto area.
Canada is a multicultural country and immigrants greatly contribute to multiculturalism in Canada. For a person who is in desperate need to sponsor their family, it is impossible for him or her to pay the $500 processing fee, plus an additional $975 landing fee per person.
Therefore, the petitioners call upon parliament to ask the Department of Citizenship and Immigration to review the existing fee structure and combine the landing fee and the processing fee into one, eliminating the other and lowering it to $500 per applicant.