Citizenship and Immigration committee  In terms of the first question, we are willing to have a look at it and continue reflecting on that issue, but there's not much more that we can bring to the table right now.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's what the changes in 2002 did in terms of saying that it is possible to have both intents, but it is not given to every applicant to benefit from the discretion that arises. They will still want to know that the person will leave Canada at one point if the person has to. T

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is why we are having that suggestion of saying one parent or the other could be considered as the principal applicant. I think it would be difficult to put all of the children as principal applicants, but we could certainly mention that their applications should be continued

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that what we're suggesting would answer your concern, mainly because right now it is not a requirement for people to have health insurance when they come to Canada as a parent or grandparent just to visit their children or grandchildren.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  At this point, what we're suggesting is that we ask for a medical exam right from the start. That is not currently the case; it's not mandatory for everybody to have a medical exam to obtain a visitor record to come here. What we're saying is to get the visitor record under those

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Then they're not penalized for waiting six years and having their health status change over that long period of time.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do understand that, and maybe we should get an insurance company to come and have that discussion at this point. I think that if you at least have a larger portion of people covered by insurance, it is likely that fewer issues would arise. That's why we're looking at that perio

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I must admit that I do not have any statistics relating to that. I believe other witnesses would be better able to provide an answer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In 2002, when the law was changed, the double intent principle was established, and this did resolve a lot of issues. This principle authorizes an individual to have both the intent of becoming a permanent resident and the intent of obtaining a temporary resident visa, which has,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It is to some extent for that reason that we have put forward our recommendation. If the evaluation already done by the ministère de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles were systematically granted the importance it warrants, then these files would not have to be reviewed

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Once again, this is a risk that must be taken and balanced in order for our resources to be allocated based on a need that is real. If no verification is done elsewhere, then I would say that it would be much better...

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. I think this verification must be done, because the selection criteria for investors in Quebec deal with the legal nature of the activities in question. This assessment must therefore be done in order to ensure that the funds come from legal and not illegal sources. T

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It does happen, on occasion, that additional documents are requested, or even that a candidate is called to an interview to discuss security issues specifically. Obviously, this would be a review of the security aspect alone, and not the selection made by Quebec.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning. I am pleased to be here this morning to share with you our views on immigration application process wait times, and to offer you a few suggestions of ways to reduce these wait times for applications under the family class or the investor class. We understand that f

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I will. It is not easy to separate one from the other. In terms of protecting the system's integrity, the truthfulness of the information provided is essential. We need to go beyond the relationship between the representative and the government. We need to look at the relationshi