EVIDENCE Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration NUMBER 005 2nd SESSION 40th PARLIAMENT Thursday, March 5, 2009 Le jeudi mars Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration CANADA [Recorded by Electronic Apparatus] EVIDENCE March 5, 2009 Committee Edited Evidence * Table of Contents * Number 005 (Official Version) Official Report * Table of Contents * Number 005 (Official Version) Témoignages * Table des matières * Numéro 005 (Version officielle) 05 05 03 2009 2009/03/05 09:05:00 House of Commons Comité permanent de la citoyenneté et de l'immigration Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration CIMM Chair Mr. David Tilson 40 PUBLIC PART ONLY -

PARTIE PUBLIQUE SEULEMENT (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 ]