Citizenship and Immigration committee  Right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If an instrument is issued, the minister can do as he or she pleases.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You'd have to figure out a way to reduce the picking up of this larger backlog, but it's certainly a very good idea that is implemented now through plucking. I think it meets the objectives of the act, which talks about satisfying economic means and the family class, because the family class is expedited as well.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The problem is that we have no idea how that process is going to select those who should go to the front of the line.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The Canadian experience class has had extensive consultation across the whole country, and it is my understanding that it will be coming through regulation. We haven't seen it yet.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The provincial nominee is part of the agreement that's been in here. The government negotiates with the province and the feds. There's tremendous negotiation that goes on.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It happens as a result of IRPA permitting the federal government to enter into agreements with the provinces. That was debated already, and it was determined to be the best mechanism to permit that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's not policy; it will be law. It will provide priority to people who have been educated here, who have paid their own way, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There's no debate on what these instructions will be, unlike the provincial nominee programs, on which there was great debate. There's the Canada-Quebec accord. There are all kinds of accords that have occurred.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Then I would say to put it in section 5 to make it law.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's not a question of belief. I would rather see it in the law, because the minister has the authority to say, “I don't want to hear from you”, just like the way this came out.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, absolutely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  First of all, with respect to the family class, it's something, really, that the department can't control, how many times a Canadian falls in love with another person, and it has always been interesting to me why these numbers are included in our final numbers. If suddenly we're a great nation of love and everyone falls in love and we want to bring in 60,000 people, we have to do it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would agree, but we do it now. Anyone who has a job offer in Canada who's waiting abroad is plucked from the list and processed immediately. So the government is presently doing it today, in a positive way.