Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, as we have indicated in our brief, we think that part should be withdrawn. We do hope that committee members will follow that recommendation.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, we totally agree with that. We share your point of view.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In my view, we must always give people a chance. We have to allow refugee claimants to get their bearings, if you will. We tend to forget that these are often people who have experienced traumatic events. We have to allow them to gather the documents they need to build their case

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As we were saying earlier, it is a matter of discrimination, that is to say the factors that are used to decide that refugee claims would not be admissible because the individuals are from a given country, region or territory. The Geneva Convention has even been used to rule on t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Have I gone over my time?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Can I simply state the recommendations?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have another recommendation to remove references to the conduct of an interview in a clause, that pertains to the timelines. Another recommendation asks that no reference be made in the regulations relating to deadlines for the conduct of an interview or the holding of a heari

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good evening. We have proposed six recommendations that pertain to four areas of concern in the bill. Our concerns pertain to the following areas: unequal treatment based on origin, access to fair and equitable procedures that take into account the difficulties encountered by re