Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chairman, before I reply, I want to recognize my fellow director Albert Tang in the audience—he just stepped out. He's with me here today. You know, it's a cliché now: immigrants built this country. Now we are debating today whether we want them in here or not. I think the p

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm a lawyer. I have been practising law for 31 years. I spend a lot of time dealing with immigration files, particularly from Asia—Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China. Mr. Chairman and members, if these amendments are passed, we are going to lose confidence. Somebody who is

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, my name is Ping Tan. I am the executive co-chair of the National Congress of Chinese Canadians. I very much appreciate the opportunity to appear before the committee this afternoon on these very important amendments to the Immigration and R