Finance committee  No. Our only concern is that probably the backlog will not be decreased fast enough. That was why we put a question to the minister last week, during a press conference. In summation, her answer promises a right direction. It's probably not fast enough, but at least it seems to b

Finance committee  Thirdly, she mentioned that she was going to send out a letter to all those 920,000 people asking them whether they're still interested in coming to Canada, so we have some idea what kind of real backlog we are talking about.

Finance committee  I repeat what I said when I did a presentation. There are two concerns. The backlog is a concern, and the right kinds of people who come into Canada. An immigrant wants to find a job to be successful. If they arrive in Canada and couldn't find the kind of job they intended, then

Finance committee  I really can't talk about ratios. I can only base it on articles in the newspaper, and such. Different organizations and individuals are putting up their arguments to it. All I'm saying is that the kinds of arguments that were put up against this amendment do not convince me to c

Finance committee  I never said we represented any parts of the community. The Chinese community is like any other community. It's so diversified. We're talking about people who come from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia. They all have their different views. I represent just this comm

Finance committee  Yes. The minister has emphasized more than once that these new amendments will not touch the family reunification cases or the refugee cases. There's nothing in there to make me doubt what she said. She emphasized that more than once.

Finance committee  No.

Finance committee  As far as we're concerned, it is.

Finance committee  Good afternoon. I'm a representative of the Chinese Canadian Community Alliance. We are a non-profit organization based in Toronto. Because we're part of the Chinese community, we are very concerned about changes in immigration law. After studying these amendments, our organiza

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The point system may be a good system, but there are several factors to it, age being one. We are looking for younger people. Education is a factor. Every year of education will get a point, and this does not necessarily translate into the kind of immigrants we are looking for. A

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I read it right, the minister said she will make a decision based on recommendations from the provinces, the trade unions, and various other sources.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know whether she said it in Parliament or not, but this association will take her word, and we'll make sure she will deliver.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I do. I don't know who I should trust. I have documents here from the ministry that contradict what you're saying. Again I say, I'm a layman. I didn't really spend that much time looking into the facts. But honestly, I don't know who to believe.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I didn't hear that part, but somewhere in here--I can't find it right now--there's something from the ministry saying that family reunification wait times had decreased by 25%.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It says so in here somewhere--unless you're telling me that the ministry is lying.