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Citizenship and Immigration committee  Also, if you remember the example the employee from the ministry gave, it was very clear that if the person speaks very good English and the person has experience in a western country and if the person speaks French and whatever.... What that means is that there's a clear sense that we are discriminating against people who don't speak English and French in a particular way or have western experience, which is not the goal of the bill.

January 30th, 2008Committee meeting

Francisco Rico-Martinez

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Just let me add that they use other means as well. For instance, we have at least two examples in my office of people who were trafficked into Canada; they were exploited. And they came with student visas. That decision was not their original intention. We have other people who come as visitors, and they are exploited after they enter Canada.

January 30th, 2008Committee meeting

Francisco Rico-Martinez

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Because we oppose the bill, we have a proposal to make and you have a copy of the proposal. As mentioned earlier, one of our areas of priority is focusing on the need for protection for trafficked persons in Canada. We have been advocating for this for many, many years. In 2006, we welcomed Minister Solberg's introduction of guidelines for temporary resident permits as a step in the right direction.

January 30th, 2008Committee meeting

Francisco Rico-Martinez