Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have the statistics, so I shouldn't be rash, but I would imagine that it does in this instance. As Mr. Randev said, there are very few Federal Court challenges of visitor visa refusals, because they're seen as low stakes. I was able to find one case. That's at the end of my submission.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I actually think that the inadmissibility provisions in the Immigration Act are fairly comprehensive and fairly useful. As the Auditor General pointed out, inadmissibility in medical terms might be a bit behind the times in the conditions that are tested for and their likely impact on Canadian society.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a fairly loaded question; terrorists don't necessarily arrive en masse. They sometimes come one at a time, so the question is a bit disingenuous in terms of focusing on mass arrivals. Mass arrivals do put the spotlight on processing times and the amount of scrutiny those cases get.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's an imposing committee and I'm—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. I will ask you, then, to refer to the sections on procedural fairness. Our TRV process is such that I'm given to understand by former colleagues of mine that a visa officer at a busy post has about five minutes to assess an application. This means that all of the time and the efforts that go into trying to make a case for something like ties to one's home country are basically ignored: boxes are checked and an invitation is made for the applicant to apply again if new information comes to light.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With no further ado, I hadn't fully appreciated the extent to which the focus was on security, so I'd like to read you—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. I'm very happy to hear that. All right. I will do my best. The point I wanted to raise and the reason that I think I ended up here—through conversations with Don Davies—is a problem with TRV processing. It has practical aspects and it has social policy aspects. The processing of TRVs is something that is done quite quickly and without attention to the details that one would consider important in terms of security, i.e., public safety, health considerations, or criminality.