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CANADA

Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration

NUMBER 005

2nd SESSION

40th PARLIAMENT

EVIDENCE

Thursday, March 5, 2009

[Recorded by Electronic Apparatus]

(0905)

[English]

The Chair (Mr. David Tilson (Dufferin—Caledon, CPC)):

Order, please.

This is the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, meeting number five, on Thursday, March 5, 2009. There are two orders of the day: committee business, a notice of motion by Mr. Dykstra; and then we will proceed to in camera proceedings pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), a study of the undocumented and temporary foreign workers.

We are ready to start. Mr. Dykstra, you have the floor.

Mr. Rick Dykstra (St. Catharines, CPC):

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

After some consideration and discussions with my colleagues who sit on the opposite side of the table from me, while I am disappointed about the fact that we had what looked like a strange coincidence with respect to a report that we're going to be dealing with shortly, I have every confidence that people who sit around this table have the confidence in each other and also understand the importance of not having a report like this breached, in terms of not keeping it within the group. I have every confidence that that did not in fact take place.

At this point, I will withdraw the motion I have put forward.

The Chair:

Thank you, Mr. Dykstra.

We will then proceed to the report.

Ms. Chow.

Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity—Spadina, NDP):

I believe I also have a motion on the floor, which I will also withdraw. It has been tabled.

The Chair:

You're going to withdraw that too?

Ms. Olivia Chow:

Yes. There is a letter from the lawyer who put out the press release that we talked about at the end of the last meeting--which Mr. Dykstra was talking about. We can circulate it; it basically says he never received any secret documents.

The Chair:

From the chair's perspective, we do hope that things are kept confidential in this committee. I probably shouldn't be commenting on this, but I have some obligation to try to keep order, and it sounds like we're resolving things and we all have an understanding.

Thank you, very much, Ms. Chow.

Ms. Olivia Chow:

Yes. It was never leaked.

The Chair:

Of course. Thank you.

We will now go in camera.

[Proceedings continue in camera]