Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a lot clearer now than it ever was, because there are now quotas. If you don't come within the quota you shouldn't file an application. If you do, it will be sent back to you. This is an attempt by the government to prevent a new backlog from being created, and I don't obj

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The question is how many...?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I completely agree with you. It's not just about the number. The debate has been about the number and about the kinds of immigration. It has always been that way. It will always be that way. We seem to have done a pretty good job. It's experimental, right? Canada accepts more i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The eight minutes are over?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for having me. It's always a great honour and part of our responsibility as Canadians, I think, to have a chance to speak to parliamentary committees. I've had the great privilege of doing this several times before today, so it's nice that your clerk and your committee

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, law societies throughout the country do this every day. You're not reinventing the wheel. It's there. It operates. It's on a cost-recovery basis, based on insurance. Our annual premiums go to that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can only speak to the law societies, because I'm not familiar with how the consultants are regulated. If there's a complaint, such as what you've said, a law society will investigate negligence but won't issue an order or a judgment of any kind in regard to compensation. That h

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They have to go through the civil procedure of the courts, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The law societies operate based on errors and omissions insurance. The rates are rather high, and it's not because there are claims against immigration lawyers that result in monetary damages that are paid out to victims of that. It's mostly, realistically, fraud. It's an insura

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, I'm not an expert on conflict of laws, but obviously the extraterritoriality implications are challenging. I don't think it would be possible to have Parliament pass laws here in Canada that would have focus and scope in terms of the criminal nature of the sentence, let's s

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, it is.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, that's a good concern. I think you're right about that.