Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is a resident permit. Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, a smart card—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think it's a financial burden. Again, it is a privilege to come to Canada. It is not a right for anybody to come to Canada to work or to study or to visit. It is a privilege. If they don't meet the criteria.... The criteria have been established to benefit Canada, not to

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, I don't think it's a financial burden whatsoever.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sorry, I meant to say everybody who leaves.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, no, that was in the Auditor General's report a few years back. There were removal orders in place against 41,000 people whom they couldn't find. That came out I don't know how many years ago. It was in the former Auditor General's report.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think Immigration might have an idea, but they probably wouldn't, since there's no monitoring afterwards.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would disagree.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Just to follow up on what you said before I answer that, you mentioned one million visitors, over 100,000 students, and I believe I have the statistics...you're referring to 250,000 foreign workers. Just a minute. I have it here somewhere. There were 213,000 forei

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. I'm Julie Taub. I'm an immigration and refugee lawyer in Ottawa and a former member of the Immigration and Refugee Board. I've been practising exclusively in the area of immigration since my appointment to the board, which would have been 1996. I'm a sole practitioner

Citizenship and Immigration committee  First of all, the humanitarian and compassionate considerations start in the criminal justice system because a judge does take that into consideration—takes into consideration the background of every person who is charged, and takes into consideration their immigration situation.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I did not say that. Sorry, I did not say that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I did not say that, and I don't want to have—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  [Inaudible—Editor]...slanderous.