Citizenship and Immigration committee  The loss of permanent residency because of a change in circumstances in the country of origin is a major concern for us. We don't understand why someone who has lived their life and had children here should lose that residency. The measures added to this bill make no sense. We ha

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Actually, I will address that point as well with regard to the alternatives to detention. In Quebec we have a service called PRAIDA, the one that we are representing today here. That is quite a good alternative to detention. It's a public service. We have the mandate to be design

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. I shall. For instance, given the many stages they had gone through and all the trauma they had suffered, the Chinese may have gotten a break once they reached Canada. Given their situation, they had insufficient time to prepare for their hearing in 30, 40 or

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chairman, I join Mr. Sougavinski in thanking you for the opportunity to come before you and to share with you our concerns with regard to Bill C-31. The idea behind Bill C-31 is to reduce the activities of smugglers and criminals by punishing asylum seekers who come to Canad