Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's not a question of hurting Canada's desire for family reunification. It's a question of enforcing the law. What you're going to have to do is give CBSA the proper tools and proper budget in order to be able to investigate complaints from people who complain about being duped,

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, it's all about jobs. When there are jobs available, people integrate. The jobs also allow them to be financially self-sufficient, and they also act as an anchor. For the question that was raised concerning people returning, that's very true, but people return home for a var

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My comments are that it is true. I agree with Professor Sweetman concerning the costs that are higher in times like now when we have an economic downturn and we don't have full employment. I believe that the number of immigrants that we have now, approximately 300,000, is about r

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's not only the financial costs, it's also the human cost and the humiliation. I urge the committee to continue to have the clause in place for the two years and to consider having some sort of reporting mechanism, because otherwise there's—