Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, definitely not. They will enable parents to become more economically successful.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's one of the greatest kinds of feedback, in support of Ms. Bragg here. The requirements are so onerous, so maybe review how it was before and how it is now, and which ones are really necessary. In our experience, when we were talking to the community members, some applicatio

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. One of the things we're getting feedback about is why there is a requirement for a minimum of three years' income. For example, if there's a life-changing situation within the last year, we will have to alter the whole document. It goes back to them. It becomes a backlog. Bu

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —for grandparents is there, so why will the documents serve as a barrier to justifying the situation of the family? What is the best way to capture that? The minimum income requirement is also onerous.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The cap.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In fact, our first recommendation is to remove the cap. That's why we couldn't answer the question about what is a reasonable cap. We're starting from the premise that it be based on the needs. Remove the cap, and determine the applications based on the needs.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This is the reason I mentioned our experience in the 1980s.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right. Actually, two years is an acceptable process, because if a woman has a child and she sponsors her parents.... Based on the people we have contacted, processing time took them seven years. By the time the grandparent is here, the child is already eight years old.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In sponsoring the parents, the basis for the income requirement is the last three years. That also needs to be reviewed: what a reasonable time is for the minimum income.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There wasn't a quota before, right?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  One of the things we were talking about is maybe to have a sense of the demand for grandparents and parents in every province, because it depends on the immigration trends. If there is a possibility to identify.... For example, in Alberta, I questioned some of the immigration con

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are statistics that point to the fact that more than 50% of newcomers that come to Canada don't access formal settlement services. The question there is, where do they go? Who do they resort to? In our work with around 65 ethnocultural organizations, our experience is that

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank the committee for the opportunity to speak about family reunification. My name is Marichu Antonio, and I am the executive director of the Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary. We are a community-based organization that works to build