Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not sure if I...between the H and C provisions and the...?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  First of all, a very simple point is that upon royal assent. assuming that is obtained, the IRB is going to be hiring 130 or 140 new people. As you may know, the hiring processes in government take some time. They will have to lease additional or procure new building space. There's a substantial amount of administrative and--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not clear on your question.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With the exception of the H and C provisions.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll ask my colleague Ms. Irish to respond to the first two questions and Mr. Butt to the appeal question.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, we—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We cannot rely solely on travel documents as a means of verifying identity.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, I think before I answer that I want to make sure there's a clear understanding of what a safe country of origin is and a safe third country agreement; they are not the same thing. A safe country of origin--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  --designation is looking at the nationals coming from that country. A safe third country agreement, which we have with the United States, is not looking at nationals of Canada or the U.S., as you well know.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  So those are the instruments we've used. Sorry, but your question on the UNHCR was...?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I agree with that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  However, we cannot go and sign safe third country agreements with other countries around the world.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I think you know well, because I think you were the minister at the time, the safe third country provision applies only to people coming across the land border, because the only way to verify, to be certain the person came from the United States to Canada, is at the land border.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, but--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It would be very difficult to do that, sir. You would need to be able to verify identity 100% and the only way you can do that—