Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's my first time in committee. Just to answer that more succinctly, everyone I see who's a refugee claimant must, when they arrive...[Technical difficulty—Editor]...that immigrant health exam...[Technical difficulty—Editor]...look at HIV, active tuberculosis, and that...[Techn

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I assume what you're getting at is the immigrant health exam.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As far as I know, and again this is not my area of expertise, there is something called an immigrant health exam, which people get before they migrate here. People who arrive through other means get an immigrant health exam once they put in their refugee claim. If you're a visito

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll give him a bit more time, because I think we've already suggested.... There seems to be a compelling body of literature out there suggesting that detention, even in the best-controlled scenario, certainly can re-traumatize people. I think you'll have a presentation by a co

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I mentioned in my statement, I certainly laud the notion of trying to expedite the process. It's a very difficult process for people to struggle through, and certainly a delay can be very traumatic. Your question about expediting it for legitimate refugees is fantastic. My q

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm not a lawyer, but I certainly agree. That's always been a part of Canadian immigration policy. We want to know who comes in. My concern about what's in the bill itself is tying it to the use of smugglers. As I mentioned in my statement, undeniably, smugglers are some of the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I hope not.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's certainly not an area of my expertise, but anything that would expedite getting people out of things like detention—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. I'm a family physician, so I speak very strongly about prevention. One of my obsessions in the last few years, after working with new immigrants and refugees, is to try to capture them early. So obviously you want to treat tuberculosis before it becomes active, and you want

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Maybe I can fill that one in. I think the announcement that came out last week has been shattering for a lot of us clinicians who work with refugee populations. It's hard for me to understand the motivations for it, but it seems like it's been presented as a deterrent for peopl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We've looked at this particular issue with respect to the evidence that exists, and I think you're going to have a couple of speakers presenting tomorrow who will formally present some of the literature that's available on detention in refugees. I just worked with a resident an

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, I have never actually had the opportunity of working at a detention facility.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I've worked with refugees at different points in their migration. I've certainly seen a lot of people at the point when they've arrived and put in a refugee claim. I have seen a lot of resettled refugees within the first couple days of arrival. I've had a smaller number of people

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's interesting you mention that. I had a patient, probably about three or four weeks ago, who had come from an African country. He was fleeing persecution. He hasn't had his hearing yet, but he has some very obvious evidence of violence that was perpetrated on him. He was in de

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. I want to first thank you for your invitation and for the work being done to determine the impact of Bill C-31 on the arrival of refugees in Canada. Just as a bit of background, I'm a family physician who has worked extensively with newly arrived refugees,