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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 32

Wednesday, April 6, 2005

The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration met at 8:38 a.m. this day, in the Salon B/C, Delta Bow Valley, Calgary, Alberta, the Chair, Andrew Telegdi, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Diane Ablonczy, Hon. David A. Anderson, Roger Clavet, Bill Siksay, Andrew Telegdi and Lui Temelkovski.

Acting Members present: Nina Grewal for Rahim Jaffer .

In attendance: Library of Parliament: Benjamin Dolin, Analyst.

Witnesses: Pakistan Canada Association of Calgary: Masood Parvez, President. Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association - Calgary Office: Borys Sydoruk, Director. As an Individual: V. Nallainayagam. Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Calgary Branch: Michael Ilnycky, President. Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary: Teresa Woo-Paw, Chair; Lloyd Wong. Muslim Council of Calgary: Abdul W.M. Souraya, Lawyer. Calgary Catholic Immigration Society: Rob Bray. Calgary Immigrant Women's Association: Diane Pask, Past Member, Board of Directors; Loretta Melnychuk, Vice-President. As Individuals: Geetha Ramesh; Haiyang Yu. Canadian Bar Association: Michael A. Greene, Chair (Alberta Branch), Citizenship and Immigration Law Section, Sherritt Greene, Canadian Bar Association; Gordon H. Maynard, Past Chair, National Citizenship and Immigration Law Section, Maynard Stojicevic. Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary: Teresa Woo-Paw, Chair; Mohammed Irfan Abbasi; Kuldeep Jagdev; Ayaan Ismail.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Wednesday, October 27, 2004, the Committee resumed its study on Citizenship Issues.

Panel I. Citizenship

Massod Parvez and Borys Sydoruk made statements and answered questions.

At 9:29 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:36 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Panel II. Citizenship

V. Nallainayagam, Michael Ilnycky, Teresa Woo-Paw and Lloyd Wong made statements and answered questions.

At 10:15 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 10:26 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Wednesday, October 27, 2004, the Committee resumed its study of Family Reunification Issues.

Panel III. Family Reunification

Abdul W.M. Souraya, Rob Bray and Diane Pask made statements and answered questions.

At 11:14 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 11:19 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Panel IV. Family Reunification

Geetha Ramesh, Haiyang Yu, Michael A. Greene, Gordon Maynard and Teresa Woo-Paw made statements and, with Mohammed Irfan Abbasi and Ayaan Ismail answered questions.

At 12:20 p.m., the Committee adjourned to later this day.

William Farrell
Clerk of the Committee

2005/09/22 12:09 p.m.