Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. The files that are.... I cannot speak to whether a separate database is kept. Rose Anne, do you want to say anything about that?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't believe it is.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Just to clarify, Mr. Chair, we're looking for a link between, say, a financial management system and our global case management system. Is that your question?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll simply just add that since 2001, we have seen a steady increase in the number of people applying for proof of citizenship. It has increased over the years.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I wouldn't say doubling, no. Last year, I think we did close to 70,000. The year before, it was probably about 60,000, which is not, to my mind, a big increase. It's just growing.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can add to that. I personally met with the Mennonite Central Committee recently. I was invited to speak to them about files, as was Mark Davidson, who was here on May 2, I believe. With respect to DND, DND has a section of their website devoted to citizenship issues with link

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Each case is dealt with individually. As far as the situation with baptismal certificates in the province of Quebec goes, shortly after September 11, 2001, the then Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Quebec Minister Facal made a joint announcement concerning which Quebec

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have an exact date for when it went to print.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This was done in response to some of the issues that the committee has been studying.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can't say if it's been distributed yet.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can respond to that question. First of all, of course, we have the call centre out there and we have a dedicated line to answer people's questions, and if the questions cannot be answered at that point, the persons are referred to the case processing centre and they will call

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm just looking for the right number to give you. The total number of inquiries about potential loss of citizenship received at the CIC call centre between January 26 and May 31, 2007, was 2,565, which is approximately 0.22%, or less than one-quarter of 1%, of calls that were r

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll respond to that, Mr. Chair. There's no reporting mechanism in place to track an individual case if it falls in the category A, B, or C. We have a quality assurance program in place to review our files to make sure we are doing a good job, but in terms of reporting on a type

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In cases like this where benefits could be in jeopardy, I encourage the person to contact our office. We have also sent letters to the provinces and territories explaining this unique situation and asking them to contact us if they have any questions about someone's benefits. On