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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 27

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration met at 9:04 a.m. this day, Toronto III Room, Hilton Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, the Chair, Norman Doyle, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Robert Carrier, Norman Doyle, Nina Grewal, Hon. Jim Karygiannis, Wajid Khan, Ed Komarnicki, Thierry St-Cyr and Hon. Andrew Telegdi.

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Penny Becklumb, Analyst ; Sandra Elgersma, Analyst.

Witnesses: Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants: John Ryan, Chair; Rivka Augenfeld, Public Interest Director; Imran Qayyum, Vice-Chair. Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants: Philip Mooney, National President; Alli Amlani, President, Ontario Chapter. Registered Immigration Consultants Association of Canada: Sean Hu, Director. Law Society of Upper Canada: Malcolm Heins, Chief Executive Officer; Katherine Corrick, Director, Policy and Legal Affairs; Sheena Weir, Government Relations; Julia Bass. International Association of Immigration Practitioners: Ramesh K. Dheer, National President. Downtown Legal Services: Joel Hechter. South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO): Anita Balakrishna, Staff Lawyer. As an individual: Katarina Onuschak, Member of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants, Co-Chair, Education Committee, Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants. Canadian Society of Immigration Practitioners: William Rallis, Director, Communication (Toronto); Sergiu Vacaru, Professor, Brock University.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Tuesday, December 11, 2007, the Committee resumed its study of Immigration Consultants.

John Ryan et Rivka Augenfeld made statements and, with Imran Qayyum, answered questions.

At 10:04 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:12 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Philip Mooney, Alli Amlani, Sean Hu, Malcolm Heins and Ramesh K. Dheer made statements and, with Julia Bass, answered questions.

At 10:51 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:54 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Joel Hechter, Anita Balakrishna, Katarina Onuschak, William Rallis and Sergiu Vacaru made statements answered questions

At 11:20 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 11:27 a.m., the sitting resumed.

At 12:27 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

Andrew Bartholomew Chaplin
Clerk of the Committee

2008/04/25 8:42 a.m.