Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, with regard to Mr. Siksay's request, I do not know how long it takes CBSA to approve people—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, can I read this?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Andrew wants to have the officials on February 19. Then on February 26 we start our witnesses, after which we have a two-week break.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On March 19 we have witnesses and on March 26 we have witnesses.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If the committee approves the budget, you have to get the funding from the budget liaison committee, and then we have to get a House order to go down. So I think the earliest we could get it done is—it might take us the next week to get the permission.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm glad I'm retiring.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Now we have to agree to the main steering committee report, as amended.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  So he's giving notice now.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What we're doing is we're amending the steering committee report. We're putting this preamble with two “whereases” just before what I read in. So it would start off, “WHEREAS countless Canadians”, etc., “WHEREAS the committee asks the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration”. So

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I know, but—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's what the committee is doing. It's amending the steering committee report. The report is in front of you, and all you're doing is trying to amend it. So if you don't agree to this “whereas”, we go back to the—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure agreed to—what I'll be reading into the record right now— That the committee undertake a study entitled “Loss of Canadian Citizenship, 1947, 1977 and 2007”. That the Hearings be televised if possible and that the Committee sit on the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, we're using the Standing Orders of the House of Commons.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Right now what you have in front of you is a motion moved by Mr. Karygiannis, dealing with these orders in council. What Mr. Jaffer suggests is if there are other orders in council on which he would like to call people, he can give a notice of motion, listing what orders of cou

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The officials are supposed to appear on November 23, but because of the conference, I'm wondering whether we could hear from the officials on December 5, and then the draft report can be the next three meetings.