Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, that is not the case.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, you mean through the immigration process?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We will also be there.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think I can really comment, other than to point out again that under the current structure of the legislation, the comparator groups are those born and naturalized in Canada versus those born abroad and adopted abroad. Currently, those are the comparator groups.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's rather than something else. Right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There has not been one on our part recently. Certainly there were discussions with some of these groups when Bill C-14 and Bill C-37 were going through Parliament. These groups were in contact with us and may have been witnesses before committee as well, but not recently.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I was just talking about the international obligations aspect. What I should add to my previous comments is that Canada is a signatory to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, which is a bit of a mouthful. The main

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure. Thank you for the question. Originally, before the legislative changes in 2007, Canadians who were adopting internationally had to go through a two-step process to sponsor the child. First was for immigration to Canada. Then, once the child became a permanent resident, the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  An example would be if you had one originally, but you need to replace it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not sure if we're actually able to limit that number.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We could look into it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I'm not mistaken, I think that was one of the questions we took away last week, and it's in process.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.