Citizenship and Immigration committee  As the minister pointed out, the aspect of expanding our facilitation is mostly based on whether we are able to get people out from there. We have 986 complete applications, but for which we have been unable to secure the people to come out, even though we're working every single day with Israel and Egypt.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, Canada is the first country with this public policy whereby we have put in place facilitative measures for extended family members. No other country has this program, and any cases, whether they are from Australia or others, are consular cases. None of them have been able to get out as an extended family member or under the eligibility that we have defined, and Canada stays working with Israel and Egypt on that one.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, as mentioned earlier, when the conflict broke out, we started with assisted departures, and we continue to work towards a program that was announced in February of this year. That had 3,250 as a cap, but we expect that over 5,000 people would be coming through that because of the fact that each of the applicants may have further dependants.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What we are working with, Mr. Chair, is a common platform with Israel and Egypt, where we have been able to really pull together all the information, which is based on the delivery of codes and the applications that come to us. We have prepared a list, which we worked on with COGAT.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll take the example of Gaza. We are wanting to see, as the minister mentioned, if we are able to get the people out from where they are. As it becomes more clear that we are able to facilitate that movement or as that movement happens, we want to make sure we are increasing that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As the minister pointed out, Mr. Chair, the department has continued to send codes out. My department and my folks have told me that as late as Friday of last week we had sent out codes, too. I believe—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Let me clarify. What I was getting to is that 986 is not the code; 986 is the number of applicants in the system who have received the code and actually applied with an application. Codes are in much higher numbers as well.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, can I please clarify something because there's confusion about—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There's confusion about whether the codes trigger the application. As I started to explain earlier, there is a process in which, first of all, there is a web form through which they apply. A code is issued. A code triggers a way to actually submit a TRV application. Each applicant needs to have one application.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. Mr. Chair, I want to mention a little background and then go directly to the question. One key component where we can help Canadians, their families and others is through public policy. That's what we have utilized in Gaza, in Sudan and in other situations.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, thank you for the question. What I want to mention very clearly is that there are a couple of steps, but we are very advanced with the crisis response framework. We have a very clear idea—and I'm going to be very specific, Mr. Chair—that by the fall we should be able to get the crisis response framework together.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, the short answer is yes. We did consult with the Egyptian authorities.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The countries that are recognized in terms of entry into Canada are mostly the ones that are through the ICAO guidelines, which is a standard we adhere to. The names of those countries are provided to us, and it's an international component. For us to actually see what country is really represented on the passport, we have a full list, and it has been made clear internationally that it would be the one that would be identified as the one to which we would allow entry.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, what I'm referring to is a list that is provided by ICAO and that is the list we work with. The folks who actually represent with that passport are allowed to enter into Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Chair, this particular public policy is referring to a Palestinian Authority-issued passport.