Finance committee  With regard to the previous exemptions that were sought and are now enacted in legislation for temporary residents and for citizenship, for temporary residents, it was sought for a fairly similar reason to why we're seeking it for permanent residents. It again has to do with the

Finance committee  What I can speak to is the scope of this and specifically what it will do to help us with improvements for permanent residents. For permanent residents who are located—

Finance committee  In setting fees? Okay. In setting fees, we look at many aspects when we look at our fee structure. Some of those aspects include the cost of providing that service, private versus public benefit, things like that. In the case of a temporary resident, when the exemption was gra

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Yes, we can decrease or increase, based on a full analysis of the fee against several factors.

Finance committee  Yes, indeed, in 2014, we increased the citizenship grant fee, as we call it, to $530.

Finance committee  What I can say is that our fees, regardless of an exemption, are still subject to the Financial Administration Act, in the sense that we cannot charge more than the cost of providing the service.

Finance committee  I'd like to apologize, first, for my delay in appearing.

Finance committee  I'm not the operational expert, but what I can say is that for temporary residents, if they did apply for an extension to their status, and if that application is received prior to its expiry, then, yes, they do have an implied status until a decision is rendered.

Finance committee  I can't comment on any specific further legislation that would be required in that context. The context for our proposal is specifically an exemption for permanent residents, and not temporary residents.

Finance committee  Again, a temporary resident is not within the scope of what we're seeking. We're specifically seeking an exemption from the User Fees Act or the service fees act for permanent residents. IRCC currently has an exemption for temporary residents from the act. We also have an exempti

Finance committee  Specifically, in (a), we already have the exemption for temporary residents, and what's being added is on permanent residents.

Finance committee  We have an exemption for work and study permits that's legislated already, so the only amendments that we're seeking are related to permanent residents.