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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
 
Meeting No. 9
 
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
 

The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration met at 11:02 a.m. this day, in Room C-160, 1 Wellington Street, the Chair, David Tilson, presiding.

 

Members of the Committee present: Don Davies, Rick Dykstra, Roxanne James, Matthew Kellway, Kevin Lamoureux, Chungsen Leung, Costas Menegakis, Ted Opitz, David Tilson and John Weston.

 

Acting Members present: Sadia Groguhé for Paulina Ayala and François Pilon for Rathika Sitsabaiesan.

 

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Julie Béchard, Analyst; Sandra Elgersma, Analyst.

 

Witnesses: Department of Citizenship and Immigration: Sharon Chomyn, Director General, International Region; Lillian Zadravetz, Immigration Program Manager, Chandigarh, India; Sidney Frank, Immigration Program Manager, New Delhi, India; Kent Francis, Acting Immigration Program Manager, Manila, Philippines. Destination Canada Information Inc.: Naeem (Nick) Noorani, President and Chief Executive Officer. Immigration Network: Sima Sahar Zerehi, Communications Coordinator. C.D. Howe Institute: Colin Busby, Senior Policy Analyst.

 
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, September 29, 2011, the Committee resumed its study of the immigration application backlogs in light of the Action Plan for Faster Immigration.
 

Sharon Chomyn, Lillian Zadravetz , by videoconference from Chandigarh, India, Sidney Frank, by videoconference from Islamabad, Pakistan and Kent Francis, by videoconference from Manila, Philippines made statements and answered questions.

 

At 12:03 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:08 p.m., the sitting resumed.

 

Colin Busby and Sima Sahar Zerehi by videoconference from Toronto, Ontario and Naeem (Nick) Noorani made statements and answered questions.

 

At 1:02 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

 



Julie Lalande Prud'homme
Clerk of the Committee

 
 
2011-11-24 3:19 p.m.