Citizenship and Immigration committee  “Enough” could be if someone agrees to a certain length of sponsorship, and they're not able to back that up, then they're defaulting. Whether it be 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, why does it then become the taxpayers' problem?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You're asking me for specific numbers, and I believe I mentioned before that my information came from various—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Such as Statistics Canada. I assume you would trust that study. Based on that, no, I don't remember—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Statistics Canada has a number of different studies that support my argument.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If you would like a specific reference for that, I will send you an email. I don't have it memorized. I believe I just had seven minutes, so I did not memorize the specific numbers.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, it does come back to research and analysis that was done on various websites and—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On Statistics Canada's website.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Since you want the specifics, I could forward those links to you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't believe I say that in any part of my statement. What I did say in the statement was that health care is a huge issue for provinces. When you sponsor someone who's over a certain age—and no, I don't have statistics for that—but I just assume that it's general knowledge, the older you get the more you rely on the health care system.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No. I work in corporate governance, which has nothing to do with immigration.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My background is in public policy and public administration. I've done a lot of research on immigration.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't feel like my judgment is coloured in any way. I just feel like I'm a taxpayer. I look at the facts. I've done research papers on immigration, and that's my opinion.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It depends on what type of employment, because it could be self-employment. Do the statistics say what percentage would be self-employed? Because that would be taking care of grandchildren. Does it break it down into the type of employment?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  So that would be considered employment too.