Citizenship and Immigration committee  It was 190 tips; 190 cases came to our attention one way or another.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Potentially.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It could be a variety of things. It may ultimately be deportation, yes. There also is the restriction that when someone arrives, they're not able to sponsor another spouse for a period of five years.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, I think it's an interesting question and I think it's one that we deal with in trying to come to terms with this issue. As we've tried to demonstrate, we have taken a number of measures. They are resulting in various elements: getting tips from the CBSA, from our call centre, having people contact them about situations where there are difficulties.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's difficult to get statistics on this that are conclusive. We have a number of statistics that point to some of the results of the various measures that have been taken. In Ontario alone, for instance, just between July and September 2013, there were 190 tips about these sorts of situations, about the conditional visas, which led to approximately seven instances of where people were given a departure notice.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll start off, and then I'll turn to my colleague to follow up further. Yes, the brochure is readily available, and it has been distributed very widely. It's available certainly online.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Online it's in English and French, but it is being translated into many different languages. I don't have the actual number of languages for translation, but it is being translated. I think in some languages it's already available. It is available at ports of entry and it is available with the service providers.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're very much in contact with other countries, and learning from each other, on how we move forward on this. Perhaps Mr. Manicom can speak to that specifically. There is an awful lot of activity to coordinate our efforts and to make sure that we're learning from each other on this.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Those who are eligible for this are those who have been married for less than two years, or in a relationship for less than two years, and do not have children.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Since October 25, 2012.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think there's always been a concern about the spousal program and how it is potentially abused. I'm not sure there was any spike or anything of that nature that led us to this at this time, but I think there was an awareness that this might be another tool, if you like, to help stem abuse.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We would give them the details of how they could contact them, if they wish to do so.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When such a case comes to our attention, the primary thing we would do is try to deal with the immigration side as sensitively as we can to protect the victims who are involved with that. At the same time, we may well refer them to community organizations, which are well equipped to help the individual with their situation.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for this question. I may ask my colleagues to help out on this particularly. Basically, the situation with the conditional visa is if it comes to our attention that there has been a situation of abuse, or if the marriage is not bona fide, then we will be taking action in that situation.