Citizenship and Immigration committee  I want to thank the committee for an opportunity to speak here today. My name is Clarles Bosdet. I am pleased to see a few familiar faces from earlier times. I want to focus on some suggestions today, and by way of explaining where those suggestions come from, give you very quic

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would suggest that the current system of citizenship judges is not adequate. I would replace it with an administrative law panel that is fairly typical in tax departments. Such a system works in California, where an agricultural labour relations board and other executive agenci

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Citizenship and Immigration committee  I heard that, and I heard how she qualified that remark every time. It nevertheless leaves a misleading impression. All I would say to the members of this committee, or anybody, is that if my experience is any indication, I can pick half a dozen people at random who are now wond

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Melynda was talking about a continuum, and that brought an image to mind. My grandfather's passport—the one I have a copy of—was issued by the British government in Mexico, but it said in huge block letters on the page, “Canada”. I imagine this continuum, this sense of citizenshi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, and I want to add a couple of points. The administrative law judge panel is a good idea, because when I went through the Federal Court database some time back, reading every case I could find on citizenship, I was frankly amazed at how few cases there were. There is not a s