Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you you for that question. We have a range of concerns relating to the designation of countries of safety. It's our first position that it's never appropriate to designate a particular country as safe. Refugees may come from any country in the world, and the reality is tha

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As to specific timelines, I don't know whether you said this, but we've talked about 28 days for the basis of claim, 120 days for access for the hearing, and 45 days, the same as we have currently in Federal Court, to perfect an appeal. I think we both agree there needs to be,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Very practically speaking, we regularly see errors made by the refugee board, problems in representation by previous counsel or by consultants. When they come to us, people are at the very end of the line. They're detained and they're about to be removed, and it's the first time

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I do. Thank you very much.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. The House of Commons was confronted last summer with the reality of what happens when a mistake is made. It's important to understand exactly how deportations happen in Canada. Those who are deported from Canada, particularly if they were detained prior to their rem

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. We can't afford to make mistakes. When it comes to refugee status determination, we have to make sure that we have at least one solid mechanism to make sure there's a remedy for that mistake. Bill C-31, as it stands, does not provide that for many categories of refugees.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. A mistake in the refugee determination system can cost a life or expose a fellow human being to torture, persecution, arbitrary detention, or even death, hence the absolute necessity of an effective safety net. Under Bill C-31, some refugees will have a safety net by

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. There were a couple of points that I did want to follow up on a little. One is with respect to the screening and the comment of the CSIS officer that only one in ten applications from Pakistan get security-screened. We need to keep in mind that these offic

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Well, there are a few issues. I'll try to limit it. I guess one of the key points is that what Mr. Bissett was talking about is pretty different from what I was talking about. Our subjects are different. I was talking about the problems specifically in the law and i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think they do. If it were workable, it would be fine.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you so much for that opportunity. You had some witnesses earlier in these proceedings who talked to you about the detention of children, and you were given the figure of 227 children detained in one fiscal year. That number was given to you by CBSA. I want to note for you

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Unfortunately, I don't.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There was a report by Janet Cleveland. I think she appeared before you at a previous proceeding. I think she included some discussion and did some research on the number of kids in detention. I'd refer back to that.