Citizenship and Immigration committee  We have a copy of the bill as debated at first reading. I am not a lawyer and the approach is fairly complex, but it does seem to me to be consistent with your recommendations.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Those recommendations are taken from your report.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I believe that Bill C-37 deals with this matter in sub-section 2(1) of the legislation, which proposes a new paragraph (g), which reads as follows: (g) the person was born outside Canada before February 15, 1977 to a parent who was a citizen at the time of the birth and the per

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, it would mean that the form would no longer be necessary.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If that is the solution to get this bill through, I think you will certainly have our support, no doubt.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Get the bill passed. I think it's been on the back burner a long time.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Maybe the honourable Mr. Karygiannis is quite correct, that being able to embrace his grandchildren as Canadians is an important factor. And if we're only talking about 10,000 people—and I can't really say what the number is, because I can't twist them that fast in my mind—then m

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The only thing we can state, I guess, unequivocally is that when we came here and prepared for our appearance, we looked at the bill, we looked at your unanimous report, and we looked at the recommendations in the unanimous report, which said certain things. We quoted them to you

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The expression “preferential treatment” may not be appropriate, but what we are saying to Citizenship and Immigration Canada is that if someone is born abroad and voluntarily serves in the Canadian military, he should simply be able to apply for Canadian citizenship without going

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. In fact, it's new.

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs, I am very pleased to be here today. You have been briefed by Veterans Affairs Canada officials on the new veterans charter program and on the continuum of care in the context of veterans health care programs.

Veterans Affairs committee  I agree with you that the principle is well founded. We should aim to have our citizens socially engaged and contributing to society. The programs in the new veterans charter were designed to do that, with the best of intentions, as far as I can tell. I must admit that I was ther

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, with what has happened in theatre and what has happened in reality. Again, in looking at it, we can anticipate that this modern veteran with a brain injury will be required at one time in his life to go into long-term care, probably before the age of 65 because of the after-