Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it's a great plan. I think it's going to go a long way towards bringing us back to how we are known globally, as a compassionate nation. I do want to ask for a clarification here of something I don't know.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay, very quickly. I'm not sure if someone who comes on a visit visa can continue staying in the queue for the sponsorship. I see Mr. Weston shaking his head.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Ms. James. The biggest advantage is that immigrants don't want their parents to come here. They don't want to yank them out of their own social networks. My mother-in-law, before she came to Canada, had a vibrant social network. Every day she'd call up people and the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's huge. Absolutely, because it allows you to go back and forth. This is the freedom it allows you to have. I think we've never had this kind of thing before, and I think it's great.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This is great. I think this is a lot better than what it used to be, as you said very rightly, especially when you have people coming from countries where there's a one-child policy. So when the immigrant comes here, basically two sets of parents have no social network; they have

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Richard Kurland and I were on the same radio show on CBC, and he and I had this discussion. Richard had one set of figures. My personal thought is that your backlog will probably drop by 50% because they'd rather come here and see their family. They're longing to be part of the f

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. That's a great question. Let's talk about age. That's the biggest one. The fact is, we're getting immigrants who are coming in who are 50 years old. That's a problem. I feel bad. There is no chance of them ever reaching what they were back home. It's not going to wor

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Menegakis. I hope I'm pronouncing it right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This problem has been on my conscience for a while. My mother passed away last year. She was one of the people who wanted to come to Canada and she couldn't, because it was going to take years. So there is a personal story here. But I think what has happened is.... I'm going to

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. It's a pleasure and an honour to be here. In the past year I've travelled across Canada speaking to about a thousand immigrants one on one, and I've heard stories and challenges from them first-hand. The fact is, immigrants are not succeeding to their abilities. Yet w