Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I have some statistics.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They weren't approaching those limits. The one individual who was involved in misrepresentation received an 18-month conditional sentence. There were outstanding health issues that impacted on the decision of the judge. It was made clear that if these health conditions--I don't

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The bottom line on the second case was that the individual was requested to make a $6,000 donation to an agreed-upon charity in lieu of a fine.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm afraid we don't.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The proposed legislation has a combination of $50,000 and possibly including two years in prison.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe it's a step forward, that's for sure. It definitely will--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With the extension of the application to the pre-application part of the problem, that will close a loophole and that will be helpful. So it will go beyond the existing legislation.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Media coverage is another possibility that could be followed up on, including Citizenship and Immigration Canada overseas and its visa processing. I mentioned earlier our migration integrity officers, who are stationed abroad following and tracking as best they can irregular migr

Citizenship and Immigration committee  How bad does it have to be? I think it really is specific to the circumstances. There is a great range of situations. Some are, in a sense, very bad and some are not so bad. It is very situational-specific in terms of when someone would feel compelled to come forward to make a co

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have just the numbers that I referred to previously. We have had 200 referrals, and of the 200 referrals we've actually opened up 55 cases. Of those cases, 17 have been closed because the allegations were determined to be unfounded. We currently have about 36 cases under way at

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll start by mentioning that, for example, if CBSA were investigating a ghost consultant, there would be no requirement under that scenario for the RCMP to be engaged. However, in the course of that investigation, if it came to light that there were suspicions that there may be

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Currently, and as envisaged in the proposed legislation, the client could raise concerns with the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, they could raise concerns with CBSA.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On the CIC website they have information with respect to complaints and issues.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The answer to the question really is on a case-by-case basis. It would, I think, depend on the nature of the offence.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Based on our experience, we see that oftentimes the crooked consultants are in the game for many cases. What we are seeing is a series of activities--