Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would note that in the supplementary estimates (B) there is $14.7 million related to temporary housing, but the vast majority of that at this point is used at the border when irregular border crossers come across. There was less than $2 million of that used for the summer, to a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, I think that the challenge with the parent and grandparent program is, as Dr. Kochhar noted, its great popularity. Every year, there are many more people who would like to sponsor their parents or grandparents to come to Canada than we have space for in the levels plan

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We do recognize that the increase in irregular border crossers has placed extraordinary pressure on some provinces and some municipalities. We are committed to working with provinces to reach cost-sharing agreements, and we have provided funding already, as I noted, to the City o

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have the memo. Do you have it?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do not have the results of that investigation at this time.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, I would have to provide the member, the committee, with information on this in writing, because at this time I don't have the details that are being requested.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, it's a reasonable expectation that, should costs be associated with any renegotiated agreement, they would go through the normal budget process with either main estimates or supplementary estimates, etc.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The Atlantic immigration pilot and its extension is an initiative we've been operating within departmental resources, using the resources we have and also other federal agencies. For example, ACOA has been of great assistance to us in administering that program. Also, provincial

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We would normally use project-based management for major IT projects or that sort of thing. For example, a couple of years ago when we implemented the electronic travel authorization, that was managed as a project, funded as a project, etc. A lot of what we do tends to be an expa

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, I'll turn this question over to Dr. Kochhar.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Those would have to be discussed with the United States, which is the partner to this agreement.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Our objective is to continue our discussions with the United States—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —in order to reopen the agreement—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —in order to modernize the agreement so that we can—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Just to be clear, Mr. Chair, the $114 million that is the subject of supplementary estimates (B) is primarily to assist provincial governments with extraordinary costs that they have faced—