Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's perfect.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon. I thank this committee for the opportunity to speak on a very important issue, and I commend the Government of Canada for making it a priority to protect women and strengthen their rights. As president of the Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow, and a lifelong ac

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. From what you have explained, the onus of responsibility is put entirely on the sponsored spouse; let's say the woman in this case. The potential for abuse is wide open. Unless more responsibility is put on both sides...and this is what I had mentioned in my document. Whatev

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm going to take the middle path, it's neither yes or no. I know that's not what you want to hear, but that is the reality. The reality is that there is an in-between course, which one of the people just mentioned, that it could be the status quo with monitoring of the sponsored

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll go first with this one. Anything to reduce bureaucracy, any day, yes. Anything you can do to reduce bureaucracy and fast-track these issues, absolutely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I agree with what Shahin is saying about this information. This is not something new, we've been lobbying for this for many years, very clear information about what Canada is, the legal system, laws, rights, responsibilities. Responsibility is very important too. I would like t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are two kinds. There are people who have Canadian citizenship, but they then go back to these home countries and become experts in Canadian immigration—not accredited, not legal, but they do this—and there are hundreds of them. They set up corner shops.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They need to be licensed. I come from Pakistan, where I have seen signs on roadside shacks saying, “Come to Canada”. One of the biggest cracks in the system, in my opinion, are these people who have set up shop. They don't paint a very clean picture. Of course, for money you can

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would add that obviously the Canadian demographics have changed drastically in the last two decades. It is important for the training for front-line workers...definitely for that continuation of their training. The issues that we are talking about, like forced marriage, proxy m

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely, I think that you can. There are many European countries that now, before immigrants arrive, expect this mandatory orientation, so to speak, and language training because it is of benefit both to Canada and to the people coming into the country to know at least one of

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the standing committee. Good evening—and I will be brief. I'm honoured by the privilege of being here tonight as president for the Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow. My organization supports the general drift of Bill C-51, and we thank

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I will do that.

Public Safety committee  That it might not be able to be reversed.

Public Safety committee  I believe that the rise of extremism in Europe began around the same time that the Wahhabi Saudi ideology was being promoted on the backs of billions of petrodollars. The situation in Europe is different from North America because of colonization, socio-economic situations, wher

Public Safety committee  Absolutely, I do believe that is true, because what we see today is unique in the sense that this is also an ideological war, as I said before, so tools are needed to understand where it's coming from. But our own law enforcement agencies have been quite cognizant of this. Agai