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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 44

Thursday, April 14, 2005

The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration met at 8:00 a.m. this day, in the Muskoka 1 - 2, Renaissance Toronto Airport Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, the Chair, Andrew Telegdi, presiding.

Members of the Committee present: Colleen Beaumier, Roger Clavet, Inky Mark, Bill Siksay, Hon. Andrew Telegdi and Lui Temelkovski.

Associate Members present: Nina Grewal.

In attendance: House of Commons: Jean-Philippe Brochu, Committee Clerk . Library of Parliament: Benjamin Dolin, Analyst.

Witnesses: As Individuals: Tao Lu; Na (Kalen) Liang. Inter-Clinic Immigration Working Group: Caroline Lindberg, Co-ordinating Chair; Lisa Wyndels, Member; Euginia Cappellaro Zavaleta, Member; Lee Tenenhouse, Member. As Individuals: Macdonald Scott, Immigration Consultant. Immigrant and Refugee Family Re-Unification Support Group: Maria Antelo, Co-Chair; Lilyam Trujillo, Member, L.R. Family Reunification Support Group. Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants: Debbie Douglas, Executive Director; Loly Rico, Vice-President. Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic: Avvy Yao-Yao Go, Director. Parkdale Community Legal Services: Geraldine Sadoway, Staff Lawyer, Immigration and Refugee Group. Sponsor your Parents: Robert M. Hakim, Spokesperson; Vitalina Gorbatyuk, Board Member; Angelina Litvinova, Secretary; Tatiana Nehotina, Member; Regina Shamrakov, Member; Satish Saini, Interim Chair. As Individuals: Peter Tedoldi; Carmencita R. Hernandez. Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science: Kurt H. Davis, Executive Director; Alison McLennan, Director, Communications. Canadian Employee Relocation Council: Stephen Cryne, Executive Vice-President; Sergio Karas, Committee Member, Government Relations Committee. Alliance of Portuguese Clubs and Associations of Ontario: Rui Pires, Member, Board of Directors. Association of Colleges of Applied Arts Technology of Ontario: Michael Cooke, Vice-President, Academic Excellence and Student Success, George Brown College.

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 I. Family Reunification

Tao Lu, Kalen Liang, Caroline Lindberg, Lisa Wyndels, Macdonald Scott, Maria Antelo, Lilyam Trujillo, Debbie Douglas and Loly Rico made statements and, with Eugenia Cappellaro Zavaleta and Lee Tenenhouse, answered questions.

At 9:24 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 9:32 a.m., the sitting resumed.

Panel II. Family Reunification

Avvy Yao-Yao Go, Geraldine Sadoway, Robert M. Hakim and Peter Tedoldi made statements and, with Tatiana Nehotina and Regina Shamrakov, answered questions.

At 10:05 a.m. Lui Temelkovski took the Chair.

At 10:54 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 11:01 a.m., the sitting resumed.

At 11:01 a.m. Andrew Telegdi took the Chair.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Wednesday, October 27, 2004, the Committee resumed its study of Recognition of the International Experience and Credentials of Immigrants.

Panel III. Foreign Credentials

Kurt H. Davis, Carmencita R. Hernandez, Stephen Cryne, Sergio Karas, Rui Pires and Michael Cooke made statements and, with Alison McLennan, answered questions.

At 12:23 p.m., the Committee adjourned until 1:30 p.m. this afternoon.

William Farrell
Clerk of the Committee

2005/04/20 9:20 a.m.