Status of Women committee  Ms. Smith, my remarks will be translated and the clerk will have them tomorrow.

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair, I would just say two things in conclusion. First, when looking at the credentials question, a very vexatious question at best, a gender lens is required. Second, there must be a soft loan facility for people to be able to access in order to be able to upgrade thems

Status of Women committee  I'll be very brief. I think the information people are getting in the sending countries is very incomplete. It's not well put forward. There is a lack of fit between immigration policy, which is all about long-term ability, and the need, which is much more the labour market fit.

Status of Women committee  Yes. I don't think you would like to hear my answer particularly, because I would speak from a point of view that might not be acceptable to you.

Status of Women committee  I was just going to say this is not something.... I would not venture down the road of either tradition or faith; it's much more women's other roles that I'm more concerned with.

Status of Women committee  I would say that the policy must work across the board, but we must be cognizant of women's other roles, which are their caregiving and nurturing roles.

Status of Women committee  I would stress that, much more than anything, that's cultural or traditional. Women's rights are human rights, you know.

Status of Women committee  Therefore, I wouldn't draw any distinction.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  I was just going to say that I have here with me the executive summary of a Statistics Canada study of “Chronic Low Income and Low-income Dynamics Among Recent Immigrants”, and I would refer you to this, Mr. Stanton. It talks about the economic welfare of immigrant families, not

Status of Women committee  For us it's again a very new field, entering into the whole question of pensions and financing of RESPs, etc. One thing I should have said is that neither income splitting nor pension splitting means very much to newcomer families. One thing that might be looked at is the whole

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, Ms. Tittley, for allowing us to come before this committee. It's been a while since we've been here. I want to thank Ms. Minna and Mr. Stanton, who separately made sure that we appeared. Today we've been asked to talk more about the income se