Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can begin by answering the question really quickly. A third to a quarter of tuition money is being offshored to agents who have no authorization to practise immigration for the services they provide. If that money was transferred into mental health support and into support at

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll try to answer in 30 seconds. For family ties—saying someone comes with their family members and how many family members they leave behind—and finances and all the things they need to actually study, I think that there's a mis-assessment of those factors. That's leading to d

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Ms. Kwan. I'll keep my answer really short. It's a black box. I think that's a problem, because they're saying that Chinook is not AI, and therefore it doesn't need the oversight. The process of adding risk words is [Technical difficulty—Editor] applying for a volunte

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. I think it's actually intersectional. I highlight in my brief the young and single mobile without dependants. I think that's a very harmful speech, applying to even tell a high school graduate student or someone who is coming for first-year studies. So yes, I agree w

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. I think the pandemic has made it worse, because the borders have served as a colour line.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Perhaps I can summarize it into overarching tangible first steps because I know the committee is looking for tangible steps. I think the appointment of an independent ombudsperson or an immigration commission, like the human rights commission in various provinces where there's a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm going to just focus on one part of the question and maybe leave some of the other witnesses to answer other parts. I think the dual intention element is definitely of major concern. There's a provision in [Technical difficulty—Editor] for dual intent

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Very little. From all the stats we've gotten, even from the affidavits that have been filed by IRCC, there was very little legal oversight and stakeholder outreach. It's very much officer rules with all the experiences of different visa officers in different posts correlated into

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Seeback. I would add that, from my perspective, we do have to suss out the public-facing element of what IRCC is telling the public and putting out, like “We're not going to automate refusals; we're not going to do any of these things” versus what's going on behin

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Immigration actually only released the information about Chinook in a litigation case, which I peripherally was a part of, last year. September of last year is when we really started mobilizing. So the fact that this was started in 2018 and for three years it was under wraps—an

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Lou, I think this question might be best directed to you, because I think you have the stats first, and then I'll answer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay. Subject to my questions, those are my brief remarks. Thank you.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. To this end, I have three recommendations. First, ensure that Chinook, which I believe runs on automated processes and is artificial intelligence, goes through an algorithmic impact assessment, called an AIA, and other safeguards, such as an independent r

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I am presenting today from the traditional, unceded and ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Qayqayt nations, in Burnaby, B.C. In my five minutes today, I will highlight the key points that I put forth in my written brief,