Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll go back to a point that I tried to bring up as well. We believe that citizenship can be applied to an individual who can demonstrate significant ties to their country whether they be first, second, or third generation. Both my children were born in Japan. They're growing up

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would agree that is certainly one way to look at it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Canadian expats registered with embassies is a difficult figure to come across. I've contacted over 150 different missions abroad. Due to the inability of the embassies to provide that information because of privacy laws, I don't have accurate numbers as far as registered numbers

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know exact numbers.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would respond to that question by looking at countries that are of similar nature to Canada in that we're immigrant-based, such as the United States, Australia, New Zealand. These three countries, as I stated in my opening comments, have introduced provisions to their laws. The

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would hesitate to guess at the total number. Statistics Canada in 2006 came up with the figure of just over 70,000 Canadians who have declared that they work abroad. Those are people who have declared that they are working abroad. That was in 2006. Given the mobile nature of

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning. My name is Allan Nichols. I'm the executive director of the Canadian Expat Association. I'd like to thank the committee for inviting me to appear before you to speak about Bill C-37. To place my comments in the proper context, I'd like to briefly tell you a bit a