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Citizenship and Immigration committee Do you mean when they're not being adhered to?
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee I'm trying to understand what you're asking.
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee Again, they're operating illegally, so I think there has to be a process for identifying them and prosecuting them for what they're doing, yes.
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee I don't know.
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes, definitely inform them about the services.
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee I think it may deter some if there are more and more mechanisms by which people can be identified.
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee Absolutely not. I think that's the big problem. They need to be accountable to a body.
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee I guess my first comment would be a question. Is it not a criminal offence to engage in fraudulent activity like that?
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee I see. I guess if it were a Canadian citizen in a similar situation, there would be an avenue through the courts, perhaps?
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee It doesn't matter. Okay.
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee Then absolutely it should be. Yes.
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee That's the piece I've been asked to offer some specific examples on, and I'm going to bring them forward. I don't have specific examples right now except what I was given, which is that people aren't necessarily responded to and sometimes when they are it's not helpful at all.
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee Most of the clients we're aware of are working with licensed consultants and there is not a problem with many of them, but we are aware there are problems with some licensed consultants, and some are certainly unlicensed.
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory
Citizenship and Immigration committee I think it would be very helpful on two levels. One, it would create accountability on the side of the immigration consultants. Two, if there was a way to communicate it so that applicants felt they were going to be proceeding as planned and there were no repercussions, that woul
April 3rd, 2017Committee meeting
Leslie Emory