Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think I'd go back to some of the points that Daniel made earlier. I'm not as familiar with the Australian system...or I've lost a lot of my recollection of the Australian system, but they do use temporary workers fairly extensively. But immigration is not just about skilled

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, 2002.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can only say that I provided information to the committee to the best of my ability, to attempt to answer the questions that were put to me by the committee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can only say, again, that I have never knowingly or unknowingly misled the committee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  At the time, it was considered that keeping the occupational list up to date and having it absolutely current with the current labour market, given how quickly the labour market changes, was not a very effective way of making selection decisions for skilled immigrants, and that r

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would have to second that. I've always done my very best to provide the facts that are relevant and the facts I had at my disposal to answer the questions as best I could.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Previously, before we applied the human capital model, we had an occupational list—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —that awarded points based on occupation. That was developed very much with HRSDC, as the federal government department that had expertise in the area of the labour market, together with Citizenship and Immigration. But the current selection system, the selection system that came

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Any regulations must also be published for a few weeks in the Canada Gazette for public consultation purposes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  One of the goals of the new selection system is to enable individuals to assess more easily their own chances of being accepted.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Perhaps I can start and see if I can provide some information that may be helpful. What I would propose is that I talk a little bit about my recollections of the work and the rationale, research, and reasoning that went into the development of the point system that was put in pla

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'd be happy to go first. I will have copies for members. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I am happy to make a short opening statement. My name is Joan Atkinson and I am the Visiting Assistant Deputy Minister at the Canada Public Service Agency. It's a bit of a stra