Citizenship and Immigration committee  The issue with respect to the dual nationality is simply twofold. One is that it's extremely difficult to determine whether or not a person has dual nationality. Many people in Canada may have dual nationality without even knowing it, and I can cite numerous examples based upon f

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —to that the third concern.... I'm just finishing my comment, ma'am

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think I have anything to add to what my friend said. In my view, the arbitrariness is based upon the facts that were pointed out. It will be difficult for people in advance to anticipate whether they fall within it or not. It will be difficult for the courts to determine

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If you want to talk about radicalization, I think it is a big problem and it's one that we'd be far better spending the money that we spent on this process—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe that there are Canadians who will fall victim who are completely innocent, absolutely. I give you the example of Bashir Makhtal and Mr. Celil. They're both people who were convicted, and based upon my understanding of the minister's intention of this legislation to allo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, ma'am. What I was trying to point out to you in my comments was the difficulty of applying legislation that talks about dual nationality. As anyone who understands the law and applies this law all the time knows, determining whether or not a person is a citizen of another cou

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —many people—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I said in my opening comments, there's a huge problem with the whole procedural aspect of this bill. There's no provision for any procedure, so you have to go back to the Citizenship Act, which describes renunciation. The Citizenship Act doesn't really give you an indication.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With respect, obviously, I don't know what the legislation says but my understanding is that it will apply to foreign convictions. If it does, the determination of whether or not a person has committed a crime is left to foreign governments. With some foreign governments, we trus

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm just tying up.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are huge problems with due process in this legislation as it's currently envisioned. You cannot deprive someone of citizenship without giving them a right to be heard and a right to make submissions, especially given the other concerns I've expressed. Thank you for your ti

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. Mr. Gupta, before I start, I want to say that I've certainly met with some of the members of your organization and I've heard their pain and I certainly share it. It was a terrible tragedy and I'm sending my sympathy. I know that nothing can bring back your

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The answer is yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it is important that we take into account the victims. It's also important that we take into account the spouses, the children, the parents of the permanent residents who are being deported. We have to take into account all of those people. I agree that we should consider

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To follow up on that, what we consistently see is that the lack of resourcing is a huge problem. In fact, this bill will put stresses on the parts of the system that don't have the resources and that now are understaffed. As Mr. Matas said, because there's not going to be any app