Citizenship and Immigration committee  The Canadian Council for Refugees and many other groups have demanded that the government implement the bill. The RAD--the refugee appeal division--is part of our legislation; why hasn't it been implemented yet? That's why the Senate is doing this bill. I commend the Bloc for pushing forward with this, as well.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, absolutely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I'd be happy to speak on that. One of the provisions in Bill C-50 is that humanitarian applications made from outside Canada may not be dealt with. I have with me today pictures--cards, actually--sent by a little girl to her father. Her father is an excluded family member because her mother did not include him when she was being selected as a refugee to Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for inviting us. Parkdale Community Legal Services has been involved in immigration issues for over 35 years in the city of Toronto, working with law students who come through our program. We work with immigrants, who are the most vulnerable members of the community. We have been involved in the process of the new Immigration Act as part of a major coalition of organizations involved in the new Immigration Act, and we're therefore going to be speaking today briefly about our concern about the amendments that have been proposed and attached to the budget bill.