Citizenship and Immigration committee  With regard to that activity, the investigation is ongoing right now, and we are putting appropriate resources into it. The only update I have to give is that it's ongoing and very active.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Correct. It's still ongoing and there is no finding at this stage.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When you get into investigations of all natures, it's very difficult to determine where and how long the investigation will be because you don't know what you will uncover as you go through the actual process.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Very quickly, I'll add to what Mr. Orr has said. That example you've given, sir, is a perfect example, I think, of the position that innocent people are put in, certainly by ghost consultants, or by people who we would call the “crooked consultants”. You're right. P

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have identified a number of individuals who we would put in the realm of possibly having something done to them. That could grow at any one time, the more we investigate, and it could also shrink down. I guess the response to your question is that we have identified a number

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know the number just off the top of my head.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. I was looking to see if I had it in here and might be able to help you sooner.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This is a very good question, because it actually gets into what Mr. Orr was talking about with regard to fraud prevention and awareness. For example, this month overall is fraud prevention awareness month. A series of communications products are rolling out using social media

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In addition to Mr. Orr's comments, I think the two important areas we talked about already are about the awareness of people, so that when someone is working with an immigration consultant that individual knows their rights and knows where they could complain. I also think with t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When it comes to workers, you used the example of workers, specifically. There are other mechanisms that workers can successfully use, and we have used them in co-operation with the provinces and the territories around worker legislation. Seasonal agricultural workers is a grea

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Chair, part of the response to this is trying to look at the options around what such an organization or entity would be doing. Exactly what is it you would want to work on with consultants and what type of activity? Part of the answer to that question will clearly r

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think at this stage it's fair to say the department is 100% committed to working with the current construct of the ICCRC, and we have shown that. I just met with them two weeks ago, for example. We talked in a very open and frank way about how we can make the ICCRC even better,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, I think that needs to be looked at in terms of the purpose of having a tiered model. I'm not sure, David, if you have anything more. I think it's worth assessing and seeing the value of a tiered model, and what more it gives you that perhaps doesn't exist today. What does

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Section 91 was designed to help get at the problem—as the committee I'm sure is aware—of people who are operating in the fashion of ghost consultants. Getting at that was the objective of the day, and it was around making a framework that was the best way to get at it. I want to

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, we've tried to give as clear guidance as possible on our website around the dos and don'ts of section 91. We've tried to explain to NGOs and service provider organizations what it means to assist a client; to translate something for a client; to help the client navigate th