Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's for Canadian convictions only.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  And espionage.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The courts will make the decision that the courts will make. Parliament has the role, and I believe all the members have a role, of putting forward what they believe is the correct law. If the courts strike it down or uphold it, that's their rule, and that's their role in the pro

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I've seen some of the arguments, and the arguments are good. Good lawyers make good arguments. Janet makes spectacular arguments. I don't agree with her on everything today, but she's very well spoken. When you're in a situation where someone has been convicted in Canada beyond

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My suggestion would be that any day that you can count towards the residency retention requirements for permanent residency, you should be able to count towards citizenship. We have seen the situations of our clients whose whole family lives here while the clients are working ab

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That would be more of a difficulty. If they're accompanying a Canadian spouse abroad, that would fall within what I think should count for citizenship, because that's within the permanent residency rules. Mr. Tabbara, what you're suggesting is that if someone is a Canadian perma

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, and there is some jurisprudence as to what exactly is a Canadian job abroad, so it's not some sort of scam where someone creates a holding company and then moves abroad to live in Barbados or somewhere like that. If you follow the jurisprudence through the immigration reside

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, I can't give you the names of my clients—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —but I do have a specific case where I just received an inquiry with respect to a salesperson abroad for a major Canadian manufacturer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think language proficiency is important, but testing language proficiency at this stage where it's a citizenship application.... It should have been done when the person immigrated here. All the concerns are about, is this person going to be employable, can this person integra

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I agree that changing back to the age range that is proposed in the bill.... Frankly, if we have a concern about individuals being employable here, then let's deal with it at the immigration process. These people have already lived here for four years under the current law, three

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think there should be any language test, frankly, but if you're going to do something like18 to 54, go ahead. Make it easier for some people.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The first thing I would like to address today is not what is in Bill C-6, but the major item that is missing from Bill C-6. That is an amendment to the citizenship oath that was recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Late last ye

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We'll be talking bout revocation for terrorism, espionage, and treason, so it's not revocation just because I happen to be a Chinese Canadian. It's for specific offences, and very serious offences, and the citizenship can be revoked by the minister. I don't have a problem with th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Briefly, the way I look at it, if you are convicted of one of those three offences in a Canadian court, then the decision by the minister is okay, and for this reason. There was a decision a couple of years ago—maybe it was last year—by the Supreme Court