Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it would be much wiser if the preparatory work to revise such an important act, which affects the lives and possibly the social and financial orientation of our country, were prepared in sober consideration, and the best place for the expertise to be applied and to be gat

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That has happened.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You are right. It is ridiculous to pretend that an appeal on humanitarian or compassionate grounds is an effective way to correct mistakes made by the panel that determines the status of refugees. The Border Services Agency initiates the removal process within 12 months after a d

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Not in the least.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, sir. As a committee devoted to assisting refugees who arrive in Canada--and some who need assistance to enter Canada--we are very concerned by both the process and substance of the amendments proposed to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act contained in Bill C-5

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On the language rights issue, she is a person who was educated in French in her country of origin. She speaks a couple of African languages as well, but French was her functional language. When she approached the system here, she was presented with an English-speaking lawyer. To

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I want to invite you all to the public advocacy meeting that we are holding at St. Joseph's on November 15, where we will have the pleasure of dramatizing one story and some aspects and have a forum where some people will be able to ask questions and give answers addressing the r

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Ms. Leddy pointed out the difficulties of the process in the system and its fragmentation. Our experience is that the removal process works very efficiently: within 12 to 14 months after a negative decision, you are removed from the country. However, the humanitarian and compassi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There's one church in Montreal that has done maybe three. It's the only church, to my knowledge, in Canada that has done it in the last 20 years or so.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Over 90% of the appeals to Federal Court are not even considered, let alone heard or reviewed. As a so-called appeal process that is legal, the Federal Court is a high-test court. It is like going from your small claims court to the Supreme Court in one step. It is very onerous,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I am happy to be able to appear before your committee. Allow me first to talk to you briefly about the group of volunteers that I have the honour of representing. For more than 16 years, the Refugee Outreach Committee of St. Joseph's Parish on Laurier Avenue in Ottawa has befrie