Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, certainly. That's why we asked for a discussion of Bill C-50, for example--for the standing committee to have the opportunity to look at it. I think our goal is to look for legitimate means. But the problem is that legislation also needs to consider the situation, let's say

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. I think we are looking at a number of reasons why people become out of status—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that's part of it, but not the full story certainly, because it implies that people arrive in Canada and some intend to stay here without status. There are actually no processes right now in Canada even if someone—let's say who arrived on a temporary work permit and becam

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  However, that's a very limited option. It assumes that individual has the resources to pursue that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a limited option, if you want to put it that way.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Again, that's a limited option. I think my colleagues have expertise in this. But I do want to point out that just because--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's not a real option. Even if someone applies for an H and C--and the process itself is fairly complicated--it doesn't limit that person from being removed from Canada. They can be deported.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, I'm saying we don't have a process right now and that what seems to be a process is not effective. I would actually like Francisco to answer that question in detail.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, certainly not, and I think it also speaks to the fact that because the implementation of the RAD has been delayed for so long, it has actually contributed to creating a much bigger non-status population. Again, as was mentioned earlier, a big part of the problem is the res

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, I guess I was facetious. The Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, which is a member of the STATUS campaign, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Harper requesting him to take a serious look at this. That's because immigration is very important to Canada. We th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  And we've been silenced.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We'll also offer a number of other suggestions that relate to the topic under study. The proposal essentially looks at the existing regulations, the existing legislation. What we suggest is that there are things the government can do right now without a legislative change. There