CIMM Committee Meeting

The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration met in a televised session at 3:32 p.m. this day, in Room C-110, 1 Wellington Street, the Chair, David Tilson, presiding.

Reynaldo Reis Visarra Jr. Pagtakhan, by videoconference from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Kerri Froc and Michael A. Greene made statements and answered questions.

At 4:32 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:36 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Rivka Augenfeld and Richard Goldman made statements and answered questions.

At 5:27 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:28 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

It was agreed, — That the Seventh Report from the Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure, which read as follows, be concurred in:

Your Subcommittee met on Monday, November 5, 2012, to consider the business of the Committee and agreed to make the following recommendations:

1. That the Committee undertake a study of the subject matter of Division 16 (Immigration and Refugee Protection Act) of Bill C-45, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures;

2. That the Committee hear witnesses in relation to that study on Monday, November 19, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.;

3. That the meetings to hear witnesses be divided into one and a half (1.5) hour panels, and that each panel include at most five (5) witnesses and that each witness be given eight (8) minutes for their opening remarks;

4. That Committee members submit their prioritized witness lists, with the witnesses’ complete contact information, to the Clerk no later than Wednesday, November 7, 2012, before the close of business (5:30 p.m.);

5. That the total number of witnesses be divided among the recognized parties according to their standings in the House of Commons: five (5) witnesses for the Government (Conservative Party), three (3) witnesses for the Official Opposition (New Democratic Party) and one (1) witness for the other opposition party (Liberal Party);

6. That proposed amendments to the Bill be submitted to the Clerk in both official languages before 4:00 p.m. on Monday, November 19, 2012;

7. That the Committee consider the suggested amendments to the Bill on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and that the Chair convey the outcome of the debate in a letter to the Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance before 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 20, 2012.

At 5:35 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.