Citizenship and Immigration committee  To me, the difference would be to not target a specific group, such as adopted persons, adopted children. It would be really important to leave out the targeting of a specific group when you're discussing citizenship, because that automatically sets up a process that's discrimina

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Right, and that's the dilemma. But I understood the new rules that sort of outlined how the law would be applied came into being in April. Is that correct?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  April of 2009.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It would be a challenge to define “close ties to Canada.” It would be an interesting process, for sure.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The issue here, though, is that in Bill C-37, adopted persons are identified specifically.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  So you're talking about if they want to--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They have to go through the sponsorship route. They have to sponsor their own child.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's the problem with Bill C-37.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It doesn't work for that group of people, for sure. The thing that strikes me, too, is that our understanding is that the new rules were intended to help lost Canadians gain citizenship and to stop people who don't have a commitment to Canada. The only thing I could think of w

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Adopted children if they...?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll begin by saying that Children's Bridge is the largest international adoption agency in Canada. Our members were very encouraged when Bill C-14 was introduced, as it allowed their children to become Canadian citizens once the adoption was finalized. The majority of adoptees f