Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, I'll have to go back and consult the legislation just to ensure I'm giving an accurate answer. We will provide that response to the committee in writing, if that's okay.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have that information to hand. I would have to check if that's something that we track, because it would be outside of the norm. I will take that back, and if there are statistics available, I will endeavour to obtain them and provide them to the committee at the earliest

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, it's not planned to have a pilot project, as far as I'm aware at this point in time. We do have implementation planning to do to support this proposal in the months ahead. Typically, when we develop implementation plans for any regulatory or legislative proposal, the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We don't have the software or the system solution in place as of yet, but the member is correct that an important part of our process is verifying the identity of the applicant at different stages, as required in the process. Those verifications that need to be done will be compl

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, the implementation of an initiative like this one, as with any implementation plans related to a regulatory or a legislative initiative like this bill, is linked to and reliant on Government of Canada systems that we already have in place, which respect a number of s

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The member is correct that we currently have systems in place where, if someone, through no fault of their own, is not able to attend their ceremony, we work diligently to obtain another date that's fairly close in time for the person. It's possible that some weeks may elapse. T

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, the proposal is at the proposal stage. It hasn't been implemented. Currently, applicants are required to attend a ceremony and take their oath at a ceremony, because that is the law. Applicants must take their oath at a ceremony in order to complete the final require

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, those kinds of considerations will have to be factored into more detailed implementation plans, which are ahead of us. It's in everyone's interest that applicants receive their citizenship in a timely way, and that this happen more quickly, which is the goal that the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madame Chair, thank you for the question. I am having difficulty hearing the members this evening, so I am using the earpiece. Can you hear me?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. Could I just ask if those tabling motions during the session could also share those motions with us so that we have an opportunity to review those in real time? That will save everyone time and be greatly appreciated. In response to the member's question, what I woul

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I understood the question. It was just to make a general point, as motions are being tabled during the hearing. In response to the member's question about whether the department has done a study with regard to people's participation online, I'd like to

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will start. The measures with regard to the Citizenship Act are intended to address some legislative gaps. Unlike the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the immigration program, the Citizenship Act and citizenship program have very limited authori

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, we can take a two-minute comfort break to allow the committee business to proceed, but we're here to answer your questions, so we'll be pleased to come back and continue to answer any questions the committee may have.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, the member is correct because, particularly for those impacted by section 8 who've lost their citizenship, they would no longer need to come forward for a discretionary grant, which is addressed case by case. The circumstances may be different and vary, and they would become

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. That's correct. There are existing avenues. For the one we were just speaking of, the discretionary grant, the application through the minister for the discretionary grant is on the basis of hardship or unusual hardship, and certainly that would descr