Citizenship and Immigration committee  Why does it have to go to the Senate?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it will make a huge difference if we do have an appeal.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that if the resources are there, the process that we have can work properly and efficiently and fairly, and when we're talking about lives at stake, I don't think one or two years in a process is something that we can--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Especially when the people--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is a mechanism that worked very well and brought many people forward who were afraid, because of their real fear of return.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, except that there's that fee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, you can if you have a lot of money.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That wouldn't really make sense, because—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, if there are new circumstances certainly it would make sense to make it a second time.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, because the proposed amendment says that the minister “may” consider. No one is saying the minister has to grant—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  But she “may” consider it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, she could.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  But she could just say “I'm not dealing with any of those cases”—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —and that would be legal, whereas the Federal Court, now, would have a chance to review that decision.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  But whether she even considered it would be completely discretionary.