Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think so.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, yes, I agree that the applicant who feels that he or she has been wronged would always have the ability of pursuing a civil action.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Let me check.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, sir, it is six months. (Amendment agreed to) (Clause 4 as amended agreed to) (On clause 5)

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, I think Ms. Chow has a very valid concern. It may be an indictable offence; it may be a summary conviction. I really can't say. It would depend upon the facts of the case.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's “mise en accusation” .

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that's correct. I'm just actually trying to find the amendment here. Mr. Chair, the wording currently is, “that is in the public interest so that they provide professional and ethical representation and advice”. I believe something that followed was removed because it

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. It's just that the idea of preserving the integrity of programs was found to be rather vague compared to “public interest” and “professional and ethical representation and advice”.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's intended to provide the same sort of guarantee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, that was simply removed because it was found by the drafters to be...not necessarily redundant but not adding anything to the provision.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I wish to speak to the matter regarding the situation in Afghanistan, actually, and my concern with regard to the broad term “entity”. This is because the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration created a public policy a while ago to enable Afghan interpret

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I agree with the assessment of Ms. MacNeil. I just wish to say that I don't think the use of that word, even though we're trying to have it apply in the future, would deal with all of the other problems that we see with regard to this proposed amendment. In

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This is a terribly important issue, and I'm very aware of solicitor-client privilege and who my client is.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If we could take a little break, that would be very much appreciated.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to look at the wording. I believe I understand what the Bloc member is attempting to do or hopes to do. I just wanted to look at it again because you have different wording. You have proposed subsection 91(1) that says: Subject to this sect