Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  A dream come true. Well, first off, I'd cap parent intake at 20,000 units a year to stave off a trend of increasing backlog while retaining our traditional compassionate humanitarian level for parents and grandparents. Second, within the parent and grandparent inventory, I'd h

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I had the bricks and the bats--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  --I would go for Ontario with fists flailing. The other provinces are doing fine and dandy with their provincial nominee programs, including the separate Quebec program, which is fantastic. It works. Other than that, just do a little more monitoring control, simple things suc

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. In the context of solutions for backlog resolution in the parents category, point well taken, because there is provincial selection capability. In addition to my proposed solution of the two backlog priority processing streams paying cash, go to the province, the pro

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Indeed, and that's absolutely correct that more than a cap is required to cure our backlog situation. It's cap and growth of the total number. It's also creativity, which is why I and the witnesses are here to provide prospective solutions. Here's an example. Let's cure, in part,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's probably the most astute observation that I have received in quite a long time. I hope that would be seriously considered as a resolution.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I shouldn't go down that line, but that's precisely the line of thinking that we have to consider, precisely that. From my experience anecdotally and in consultation with colleagues across the country, you would see 20% of the inventory, one in five, go by the road and deflate th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Just on a purely non-partisan basis, increasing the size of the pie may be a quick fix. How big do you want to make that pie? Five percent more? Ten percent more? It's something for elsewhere, and the province pays.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The province has to be consulted. It is one factor to consider. I don't think it's far off-base to consider both dessert and a poison pill. Increase the size of the pie somewhat to alleviate our challenge with the backlog, and as poison pill, cap a category or two. So it's a swee

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This is what I'm missing in some of the testimonies and some of the questions. Our system has changed. More than 50% of skilled workers are provincially selected. The federal level has off-loaded the heavy lifting to the province. The most expensive skilled-worker files are provi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There should be a limit on the number of people Canada admits every year as permanent residents. We need to hear more from our consulting partners. Section 95 of the Constitution Act equally divides immigration and agriculture between federal and provincial jurisdiction. The poin

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm a member of the B.C. Law Society and a member of the Quebec Bar.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We are all well aware of the challenge of processing times. We know the existence of the backlogs. I don't think we need additional witnesses to provide whining and complaining. We need creative solutions to the backlog problem. What I'd like to do is l