Citizenship and Immigration committee  The motion reads as follows, and then I will read Mr. Chiang's amendment separately. It is: That the committee acknowledge it has received correspondence from the president of Canada-Hong Kong Link, Andy Wong; that it express its deep concern at the unreasonable delays being imposed on Hong Kong Pathway applicants of up to 21 months; that over 8,000 applications are still waiting to be processed; that Hong Kongers in Canada are freedom-loving people and keeping them in limbo is wrong; that the committee call on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to immediately automatically renew open work permits and study permits for Hong Kongers as they wait for their permanent residence applications to be processed; and that this matter be reported to the House.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Ms. Kwan, I'll do my best, but because I didn't receive your text in written format—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, there is precedence for the law clerk doing this kind of work. However, at the moment, based on the way the motion is written, the law clerk will probably have to come back to the committee in order to get some parameters before doing the redaction itself.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, I have Ms. Kwan afterwards.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's okay.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. Ms. Kwan, if I remember correctly, we had the meeting on March 20. We adopted the motion and then the motion was sent to the department on the 21st. There was some follow-up after that about the Gaza and Sudan motion. The other outstanding motions are also up in the air.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The motion would read as follows with the amendment of Ms. Zahid: That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee invite the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and department officials to appear before the committee as soon as possible for two hours and have officials appear for an additional hour following the minister's appearance, to update the committee on the temporary immigration measures initiated in response to the ongoing conflicts in Sudan and Gaza.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I won't be able to translate it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's okay. You would like to hear the entire motion, including the amendment and subamendment.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Ms. Kwan, I think you mentioned—it was at the end of the meeting, so let me know if not—changing “representatives” to “minister and officials” in both places in the motion. The new text, including the amendment, would be as follows: That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a study of pension transferability and access to Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) for Hong Kongers now residing in Canada; that the committee allocate one meeting to pursue this study; that the committee invite the minister and officials of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, ministers and officials of Global Affairs Canada, and Finance Canada, representatives of Manulife Financial, SunLife Canada, and financial institutions, immigrants from Hong Kong who have tried to move their funds from the MPF, as well as any other witnesses the committee deems relevant; and that the committee report its observations and recommendations to the House.