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Citizenship and Immigration committee I'll begin by saying that Children's Bridge is the largest international adoption agency in Canada. Our members were very encouraged when Bill C-14 was introduced, as it allowed their children to become Canadian citizens once the adoption was finalized. The majority of adoptees f
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
Citizenship and Immigration committee Adopted children if they...?
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
Citizenship and Immigration committee So you're talking about if they want to--
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
Citizenship and Immigration committee They have to go through the sponsorship route. They have to sponsor their own child.
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
Citizenship and Immigration committee That's right.
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
Citizenship and Immigration committee That's right.
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
Citizenship and Immigration committee That's the problem with Bill C-37.
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
Citizenship and Immigration committee It doesn't work for that group of people, for sure. The thing that strikes me, too, is that our understanding is that the new rules were intended to help lost Canadians gain citizenship and to stop people who don't have a commitment to Canada. The only thing I could think of w
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
Citizenship and Immigration committee The issue here, though, is that in Bill C-37, adopted persons are identified specifically.
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
Citizenship and Immigration committee To me, the difference would be to not target a specific group, such as adopted persons, adopted children. It would be really important to leave out the targeting of a specific group when you're discussing citizenship, because that automatically sets up a process that's discrimina
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
Citizenship and Immigration committee Right, and that's the dilemma. But I understood the new rules that sort of outlined how the law would be applied came into being in April. Is that correct?
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
Citizenship and Immigration committee April of 2009.
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes
Citizenship and Immigration committee It would be a challenge to define “close ties to Canada.” It would be an interesting process, for sure.
June 11th, 2009Committee meeting
Sandra Forbes