The Canadian Society of Immigration Practitioners (CSIP) Private Blog

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Complaints against John Ryan

The Canadian Society of Immigration Practitioners ( CSIP ) 2000-1066 West Hasting Street, Vancouver, BCV6E 3X2 Canada

To: International Trade Canada125 Sussex DriveOttawa, ON, CanadaK1A 0G2

And February 21, 2006 / Facsimile 613- 996-9709

To:
Foreign Affairs Canada125 Sussex DriveOttawa, ON, CanadaK1A 0G2

And

FOREIGN AFFAIRS CANADA AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE CANADAMEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE,
Lester B. Pearson Building,125 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G2
Courier via electronic email;

Attention; the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency -
& Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Dear Hounrable Mr. Peter Gordon MacKay
And to Mr. Deepak Obhrai

Be advised, that we CSIP the Canadian Society of Immigration Practitioners based in Vancouver, and on behalf of 4486 volunteered Immigration Practitioners / Members in Canada and abroad. brings to your immediate attention, that we have sent a complaint to the International trade Canada with our deep concern about their advertising for particular company that we believes it is a misleading to the public of Chile. http://www.tcm-mec.gc.ca/chile/profile-en.asp?CompID=1286.

As we mentioned in our complaints attached below, that we have received large number of complaints from the public of Chile that the directors or the employee of the Fidelity Capital International Inc. which is published under the Team Canada Division of the Department of International Trade website is false and misleading in providing legal and financial services. NON of those people are legally certified or registered as lawyer, accountant, financial planner, they are ex-immigration officers, and currently employees of an organization (CSIC) where they imposed by-laws in which they are in defaults. We checked the first website relating to John Ryan Personal Business profile, including Ms. Jessica Moreli employee of CSIC and she is currently immigration consultant www.tcmec.gc.ca/chile/profile-en.asp?compID==1286 .

We found that John Ryan and Jessica Moreli claiming that they are providing legally able to provide legal and financial services to people of Chile. In addition to this, they are using the LoGo of Canadian Government on their personal website. Which is against the Part 11 Advertising section 11.2 of “Rule of Professional conduct of CSIC”? This section clearly says, “An Immigration consultants or his or her agent shall not engage in false or misleading advertisement or representation...under no circumstances shall an immigration consultant or his agent purport to have special access or influence with respect to the Minister, an officer or Board". By using Canadian Government LOGO is trying to purport that he has special access to Canadian Government. Therefore, he violated section 11.2 of rules as well.
We emailed a notice to Mr. John Ryan and to Jessica moreli to explain their position on complaint filed by 4486 Immigration Consultants regarding Websites WWW.visapost.com and www.tcm-mec.gc.ca/chile/profile-en.asp.Which consultants believed that violating fair competition. Noticed sent to Mr. John Ryan and Jessica Moreli but we did not get any response from them. Therefore, we proceed, as there is no rebuttal.

We checked another websites and found that they have pattern in misleading the international public on www.Visapost.com website, Mr. John Ryan using his vice Chair designation to lure clients. In addition to this he further stated, "In 2002 he was appointed by the Minister of Citizenship and immigration to Canada to the Minister Advisory committee on the regulation of consultants". We declared that it is the violation of Part 2(e) of the CSIC Rule of professional conduct. It implies that he can influenced government agencies or officials. Under Part 1 (1.5) Rules of professional Conduct, it is duty of any person to whom the rules applies to comply with it provision. Therefore, we order John Ryan to remove this information from its website immediately.

He is not an elected v.Chairman of CSIC, therefore board decides that using this designation is giving him unfair advantage.

We found that John Ryan violated above mentioned Rules of Professional Conduct.

We have investigated the public concern and we sent our complaints to the law societies of BC and Ontario. Unfortunately, our complaint was misunderstood and rejected by Mr. Carlos Vanderloo of the international trade Canada and we are still waiting for the law society reply and full investigation against them. Therefore, we are pleading to your ministry office to remove this company from your website due to the fact it is harmful and misleading to the public of Chile because the people who are published are registered immigration consultants and are not at any time certified to provide legal or financial advice in Canada or Chile.

How can you prove to us that Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) supports Canadians abroad, works towards a more peaceful and secure world, and promotes our culture and values internationally when they support and publish misleading and false information.

At this point, we demand for your office to respond to us with proper action and satisfy our concerns; otherwise, we will reach another alternative and communicate with the media to hear the Canadian public comments on this issue.

Sincerely yours
The Canadian Society of Immigration Practitioners ( CSIP )per;
Nancy Salloum
CSIP Chair person

----- Original Message -----
From: carlos.vanderloo@international.gc.ca
To: legal@csip.ca
Cc: Deborah.Gowling@international.gc.ca
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:53 PM
Subject: RE: Filed formal complaints with the International Trade Canada for allowing John Ryan absuing Government website and misleading the public of Chile.

Dear Ms. Salloum,

On behalf of my Director, Deborah Gowling, thank you for sharing your concerns with us.

For your information, trade missions organized by the Team Canada Division of the Department of International Trade are open to all export ready Canadian companies. In order to participate, companies must pay a registration fee. Additionally, an RCMP check is conducted on each participant to ensure that there are no criminal charges or complaints against the individual. Fidelity Capital International Inc. participated in a trade mission to Chile in 2003 which was organized by this division. With reference to the company profile of Fidelity Capital International Inc. which is posted on our website, all companies who participate on our trade missions are entitled to submit a short summary of their business activities. These profiles are then placed in a Directory of Participants and distributed to the trade mission participants and business contacts in the market visited, as well as posted on the trade mission website.

While we are concerned about your allegations and will be interested in the outcome of your formal complaints with the Law Societies of British Columbia and Ontario, we have no reason to remove the Fidelity Capital International Inc. profile from our website .

However, please note that we will be sharing the information you sent with our post and officers responsible for Chile, and would be interested in the final outcomes of the complaints you have filed.
Sincerely,
Carlos Vanderloo
Carlos

From: legal action [mailto:legal@csip.ca] Sent: February 19, 2006 8:34 PMTo: Schreyer, Audrey -WXC; Preston-Laurin, June -WXC; Paquette, Francine -WXC; Manac'h, Evelia -WXC; Latremouille-Dyet, Lucille -WXC; Brack, Michele -WXC; Walenius, Brigette -WXC; Dundon, Jon -WXC; Gowling, Deborah -WXC; Team-Équipe Canada Clients (WXC); Villanueva, Sofeene -CFXL; Vanderloo, Carlos -WXC; van Nie, Miriam -WXC; Sleiman, Karen -WXC; Séguin, Nathalie -WXCSubject: Filed formal complaints with the International Trade Canada for allowing John Ryan absuing Government website and misleading the public of Chile.
From:The Canadian Society of Immigration Practitioners ( CSIP ) 2000-1066 West Hasting Street, Vancouver, BCV6E 3X2 Canada
February 19, 2006
To: International Trade CanadaLester B. Pearson Building125, Sussex Drive, Tower B, 3rd FloorOttawa, Ontario K1A 0G2
To your attention and immediate action;
Dear Sir/ madam
We the Canadian Society of immigration practitioners known as CSIP based in Vancouver, BC. Filling our formal complaints with your office for immediate attention and positive action.
We have received large number of complaints from the public of Chile about your websites that you are advertising in the following link http://www.tcm-mec.gc.ca/chile/profile-en.asp?CompID=1286.
That Mr. John Ryan (CSIC Consultant) also holding the position as chairperson to govern immigration consultants of CSIC and Ms. Jessica Morelli ( CSIC Consultant) also secretary at CSIC The Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants based in Toronto that they both misleading the public by advertising that are providing legal services to the public of Chile and defaming the name and the title of Immigration Consultants in Canada, which in fact they are not lawyers or registered lawyers in Canada. We believe that your government website was misused and abused as fraud by those two people who are also in default of their own society by-law in which their actions caused major misleading to the public of Chile.
I request of your office to take an immediate disciplinary action and remove this advertisement from your Government website. A complaint will be filed with the government of Chile and the ministry of foreign affairs of Canada in concern to this matter for further discipline. We ask your office to investigate this matter immediately and are waiting for your written response to us with the expectation to receive copy of your letter to John Ryan and Jessica Moreli who is their current address;
Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants390 Bay Street, Suite 1600Munich Re CenterToronto, Ontario Canada M5H 2Y2Telephone: 416-572-2800Telephone: 1-866-308-CSIC (2742)Fax: 416-572-4114Email: information@csic-scci.ca
Executive and Board Members
John P. Ryan - ChairJessica Moreli. Secretary.E-Mail: information@csic-scci.ca
Telephone: 416-945-6270
Please note, we attach our formal complaints to both law society of Ontario and BC, in Canada with the same concern for further investigation.

Sincerely yoursThe Canadian Society of immigration Practitioners (CSIP)
Nancy Salloum
CSIP Chair person
604-601-8264or direct line 604-582-4887
Cc.
International Trade CanadaLester B. Pearson Building125, Sussex Drive, Tower B, 3rd FloorOttawa, Ontario K1A 0G2tel: (613) 996-6117 fax: 996-3406 / 995-8669team-equipe.canada-clients@international.gc.ca http://www.teamcanada.gc.ca
GOWLING, DeborahDirector(613) 944-1233deborah.gowling@international.gc.ca
DUNDON, JonDeputy Director(613) 996-6921jon.dundon@international.gc.ca
WALENIUS, BrigetteDeputy Director(613) 992-7017brigette.walenius@international.gc.ca
VACANTAdministrative Assistant(613) 996-6117
BRACK, MichèleCanada Export Awards Officer(613) 944-0122michele.brack@international.gc.ca
LATRÉMOUILLE-DYET, LucilleCanada Export Awards Officer(613) 944-2395lucille.latremouille-dyet@international.gc.ca
MANAC'H, EvéliaProject OfficerRecruitment - QuébecCommunications support, Web site(613) 995-9293evelia.manach@international.gc.ca
PAQUETTE, FrancineAdministrative Officer(613) 944-1162francine.paquette@international.gc.ca
PRESTON-LAURIN, JuneHead of Administration(613) 944-1654june.preston-laurin@international.gc.ca
SCHREYER, AudreyBusiness Development OfficerRecruitment - Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island(613) 996-3805audrey.schreyer@international.gc.ca
SÉGUIN, NathalieDatabase Officer(613) 996-5546nathalie.seguin@international.gc.ca
SLEIMAN, KarenBusiness Development OfficerRecruitment - Ontario(613) 996-8546karen.sleiman@international.gc.ca
VAN NIE, Miriam Communications (613) 944-1227 miriam.vanNie@international.gc.ca
VANDERLOO, CarlosProject OfficerRecruitment - Alberta(613) 944-0077carlos.vanderloo@international.gc.ca
VILLANUEVA, SofeeneBusiness Development OfficerRecruitment - British Columbia(613) 944-9477sofeene.villanueva@international.gc.ca

>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: legal action>>> To: comail@lsuc.on.ca>>> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:40 AM>>> Subject: complaint about consultants repreenting themselves as lawyers >>> in>>> Canada>>>>>>>>> The Canadian Society of Immigration Practitioners ( CSIP )>>> 2000-1066 West Hasting Street,>>> Vancouver, BC>>> V6E 3X2>>> Canada>>>>>> Tel: 604-601-8264>>> Fax: 604-582-4898>>> Email : info@csip.ca b>>>>>> The Law Society of BC>>> Complaints Department>>> 845 Cambie St.>>> Vancouver, BC>>> Canada V6B 4Z9>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Sir/ madam>>>>>> We the Canadian Society of immigration practitioners known as CSIP based>>> in>>> Vancouver, BC. filling our formal complaints with your law society of>>> Ontario, We have tried to use the online form, however, we experienced>>> technical problems, and we were advise to send it by email.>>>>>> We are not going to repeated what we wrote on online form, however, I>>> will>>> be including to you all the emails that was sent to Mr. John Ryan the>>> chair>>> of CSIC and Ms. Jessica Morelli secretary at CSIC The Canadian Society>>> of>>> Immigration Consultants. Please visit this link>>>>>> http://www.tcm-mec.gc.ca/chile/profile-en.asp?CompID=1286>>>>>> We are very concern after we received many complaints about Mr. John >>> Ryan>>> representing himself as a lawyer who provides legal advices to people in>>> Chile. The people of Chile have been mislead with his advertising to>>> provide>>> a legal advises when he is not a lawyer,>>>>>> We ask you office to investigate this matter immediately and are waiting>>> for>>> your response.>>>>>> Sincerely yours>>> Nancy Salloum>>> CSIP Chair person>>> The Canadian Society of immigration practitioners ( CSIP )>>> 604-601-8264>>> or direct line 604-582-4887

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

CAPIC president Phil Mooney's criminal behavior toward CSIP chair

TO CSIC and CAPIC membersPlease see attachment to this emailMay I call your attention to a serious problem facing our immigration community? Ever since CSIC initiated the law suit against CSIP and the counter claim of CSIP against CSIC.

Our website www.csip.ca has struggled to clean the hackers and we are finally successful in building a new website. In the past five months alone, we have seen a 90% increase in our members communicating with us through CIP blog.

Long-term benefits of our new website may not be obvious today, but the impact on future immigration consultants will be enormous. Indeed, arguments for an educated consultants and practitioners are overwhelming. Our social, economic, and immigration political well-being two years from now may depend in large measure on our immediate action against CSIC and CAPIC. Let's rise to the occasion, helping those who do not have the Moral and Ethical to acquire them as daily skills they need to be become better executives, and citizens.

Our Society is under continuous assault from both corporate CAPIC and CSIC executives. Unless they become more morally and ethically responsible, our members may not enjoy the membership at CSIP and resources that we give for granted. Each day we spent thousands of dollars on legal fees to investigate CSIC and CAPIC executives false complaints against CSIP. But, with all our volunteers and associates, everyone doing a small part, to prove CSIC and CAPIC false allegations.

We can minimize the destruction and even reverse some trends was damaged by Phil Mooney and John Ryan.First, we should take it upon ourselves to investigate which one of them (CAPIC or CSIC) take measures to protect their organization at any cost and stop support them. We should boycott the service and the allegation of those calloused organizations that destroy or misuse our society reputation. Second, each member of this industry needs to do his or her part in conserving the industry integrity.

An awareness of the fragile nature of our society environment at this time can help us all to take helpful measures. Our collective efforts will have a significant impact at the public in large. I am writing to draw your attention to a matter of great importance. Phil Mooney pledged to address the CSIC executives with false complaint through a biased email that we attached for your reading that have plagued CSIC emails inbox. He has failed to prove the evidence, however, to take even the first steps toward alleviating the dangerous condition of many of his false allegations that are supported by John Ryan.

I hope you will join me in voicing your concern over this immediate peril. Write the minister of immigration and tell her, in no uncertain terms, that it is her responsibility to protect the industry integrity by removing CSIC as a regulator as they did not meet their mandate and causing harm to the public. Let her understand that your support is contingent upon her fulfillment of her promises to keep our industry efficient and our consultant safe and far aware from criminals!

As you know, voter ( Consultants) turnout in CSIC is at an all-time low. Many consultants feel their vote doesn't make a difference, so they don't make the effort. . Study the issues, choose the candidates you will support, , and vote for who you want to run the CAPIC and CSIC with integrity and more efficient! I am deeply concerned about the John Ryan and Phil Mooney biased reporting to their lawyer which contains false issue. Since the CIP blog was proposed a year ago and kept privately and was not published publicly. But once it was announced publicly, the CAPIC president misused the CIP blog has run a negative article on his website portraying it as CSIP articles;

Yet the False complaint to CSIC will give us a chance to modernize CSIC and CAPIC outdated and overloaded organization with corrupted system and executives lacking some morals values. . I'm sure most of us have had to deal with these executives at one point and were disappointed, , these problems will only increase if we do not stop it.

The sole argument against the CAPIC new president moral values is he is lacking his ethics and this is the cost of CAPIC integrity put in jeopardy. Indeed the cost is enormous; however, the longer we wait, the greater the cost will be legally and very expensive to all parties are involved.

Let's take action now on a problem that won't go away! The service and the quality of your CAPIC and CSIC executives work have deteriorated drastically during this past two months. Consequently, we have no other option but to communicate again with the public and swift these executive janitorial service to the members. For the past couple of days, I’ve been besieged by your colleague "CSIC member and CAPIC new President “Phil Mooney fake comments and complaints” that look like they are written from his own fake galaxy in Toronto who are complaining about CIP aggressive blog.

However, CAPIC new Executive Phil Mooney is a new president who is lacking on having Moral or Ethics, unfortunately his first assignment that was designed to generate frequent fake complaints to CSIC chair John Ryan to enhance his image to be granted extra more exemption from CSIC and Assist CSIC to win the legal case against CSIP. When someone files a false complaint or post a review about CSIP Circle in a malice way.

No wonder the CSIP is getting more aggressive and accusing CSIC for being a criminals, right? And those Mooney's false telephone calls to CSIC executives and false written complaints are apparently alienating more of CSIC and CAPIC members from the membership. Who wanted to be associated with racial organizations. Here was a close and personal comment from “Phil Mooney to John Ryan,” on January 29 2007 after he manipulated CIP article that was published at CIP blog last November 29 2006.

I certainly should recommend Mooney and Ryan smart behavior for their criminal craftsmanship.

From: Phil Mooney"pm1@bellnet.caDate:
Mon,19 Feb 2007 08:34:33To:,,
Subject: Salloum Rhetoric

"Hi John, Ross;

Thanks again for the hospitality on Firday, Here is the email re Nancy Salloum thatI was talking about.,

It came in on the 29th of Jauary addressed to a web site that recommends my services, www.onestopimmigration.caom. The sender is a name frequently used by her or her associate- I googled him before but only got some 15thcentury Iranian Poet!

The IP address is at the end of the message".

The letter is signed by David Lympany of onestopimmigration-canada.com. CSIP is not going to publish the fake letter that Phil Mooney distributed to thousands of members through his website because that put us at their low level.

Also,we are not going to communicate with Imran Hashimi since we have no clue who this man is even though Phil Mooney is accusing him in wiring the fake email. Good Job Mooney But we will publish the actual email to the public to let them witness and understand that CAPIC and CSIC must put an end to their childish behavior.

I believe both Phil Mooney and John Ryan must be removed as executives from these two organization, they have damaged the industry integrity in a criminal manner. Roy Kellogg wants an evidence of Phil Mooney fake emails to John Ryan which we attached it, I suggest to Roy Kellogg to communicate with his friend at the "MOONEY GALAXY" and ask for his own free copy.

I assure CSIC executives that any of CSIP legal cost going to be associated with this fake complaint in the court for sanction on CSIP will be coughed up by all CSIC members.
To receive your copy of Phil Mooney email to CSIC Chair John Ryan.

Please contact Phil Mooney for your Free Copy pm1@bellnet.ca. or just send him a wake up email as reminder to grow up.

I suggest for both organizations to behave morally, ethically and accordinglyNancy SalloumCSIP chairperson

The Publisher does not provide legal advise, or reponsible for acuracy of the material published on this blog.

The reader must carry full responsibility to accept the material under the Freedom of Speech as everyone is entitle to his or her own opinion and thoughts.

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Bill Siksay

It has been another rewarding and hectic Parliamentary session in Ottawa.
I am proud of what my NDP colleagues and I have accomplished for Canadian families. Some of this work includes a
Green Strategy for Canada, a Campaign to End Poverty, a Seniors Charter, and Early Learning Child Care Act. Also,
the NDP has made a strong statement for peace.
As NDP critic for Citizenship and Immigration, I would like to update you on some of the highlights of the work I have
done in this area both in the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, and in the House of Commons.
As always, I hope to hear from you with your comments or suggestions. Please don’t hesitate to contact me at 613-
996-5597 or by email at Siksay.B@parl.gc.ca.
I look forward to continuing to work with many of you on the important citizenship and immigration issues that affect us
all. Have a great summer!
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN OTTAWA
Lives on Hold Campaign
This spring I was very happy to co-host, along with some of my colleagues, and the Canadian Council for Refugees
(CCR) a reception in support of the CCR’s Lives on Hold campaign.
The Lives on Hold campaign is in support of thousands of people living in legal limbo in Canada. Many of these
people have made unsuccessful refugee claims. Canada will not return them to their home country because the
situation there is too dangerous, but they are not allowed to fully settle in Canada. I have joined the CCR in calling on
the government to grant permanent residence status to these people after they have been here for three years or
more.
I was very moved by the presentations and stories people shared at the reception about how their lives have been
affected by the government’s inaction on this issue. I will continue to work to see that these people’s lives are no
longer indefinitely in limbo.
Still no Refugee Appeal
It has been five years since Parliament passed the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act in which a refugee appeal
was included. The government has continued to defy the will of Parliament and refuses to give refugees the right to
appeal. I have continued to press the government to follow the law and implement the appeal division without delay.
House of Commons Question April 10, 2006
Mr. Bill Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas, NDP): Mr. Speaker, last week the Prime Minister, on the matter of border issues
with the United States, said: “However, this is a law passed by Congress. President Bush must respect it”.
Citizenship and
Immigration Update
Summer 2006
Bill Siksay, MP,
NDP Critic
In 2001, this Parliament passed a new immigration act which included a provision for a fact-based appeal for
refugees through a refugee appeal division. Will the Minister of Immigration and the government do what the Liberal
government refused to do and respect the law passed by this Parliament, and immediately implement the refugee
appeal division?
Hon. Monte Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, CPC): Mr. Speaker, we have discussed this. I
take the hon. member's concerns very seriously, but I point out that under the current provisions, people who are
refugee claimants have many avenues of appeal and some of them take years to go through the process. We have
one of the most generous acceptance rates in the world. We will consider what the member is saying, but right now
people do have many avenues of appeal and often they are successful.
War Resisters
I recently participated in the Our Way Home Reunion which marked the contributions of the 100,000 Vietnam War
resisters who made their way to Canada. I was a panellist at a workshop regarding current US resisters to the war in
Iraq who are seeking refuge in Canada.
I have called repeatedly on the government to cease immediately all removal actions against the current war resisters
and implement a special in Canada program that will allow them permanent resident status. I have tabled a motion in
Parliament which reads:
M-130 That, in the opinion of the House, the government should immediately implement an in-Canada program to
allow conscientious objectors and their immediate family members, in particular those from the United States of
America, who have refused or left military service related to the war in Iraq, to apply to remain and work in Canada
and, after a period of two years, be eligible for permanent resident status; and that the government should immediately
cease any removal or deportation actions that may have already commenced against such individuals.
I also recently introduced a Bill in Parliament (C-348) which would respect conscientious objection to the use of taxes
for military purposes. Bill C-348 would allow Canadians who object on conscientious or religious grounds to paying
taxes which benefit the military to have a prescribed percentage of their income tax diverted into a special
conscientious objector account.
Security Certificates
The use of security certificates in Canada is deeply disturbing. Those being held under these certificates and their
lawyers are not given any details as to why they are being detained. I was able to participate in raising awareness
about this draconian measure that the government uses against non-citizens they believe pose a threat to Canadian
security. I was pleased to see the recent release of Adil Charkaoui, and Mohamed Harkat. Both men were released
under very strict conditions and both still face deportation to torture or even death. Three other men remain detained
indefinitely under security certificates at a special prison in Kingston. I am encouraging the Standing Committee to
visit the prison.
I have tabled a motion in Parliament that calls on the complete abolition of security certificates. The text of my motion
follows:
M-138 That, in the opinion of the House, the government should abolish the use of security certificates and repeal
sections 9 and 76 to 87 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Undocumented workers
At the last meeting in June of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration I proposed a motion which was
drafted by my colleague Olivia Chow, MP(NDP deputy critic of Citizenship and Immigration for Toronto) The motion
passed. It calls on the Conservative government to implement an immediate moratorium on the deportation of
undocumented workers until new immigration policy is established. The deportation of undocumented workers hurts
our communities, and our economy. The government needs to come up with a plan to allow these contributing
members of our society to continue their lives here in Canada.
The text of this motion as it was reported to the House of Commons follows:
On Wednesday, June 21, 2006 and pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee adopted the following
motion: That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee recommends that the government place an
immediate moratorium on deportations of all undocumented workers and their families who pass security and
criminality checks while a new immigration policy is put in place.
Foreign Credentials
This is a key issue for me and my colleagues in the NDP. Although the Conservative government announced funds to
be dedicated to regulate foreign credentials, the Conservatives have yet to announce a plan. Foreign trained
professionals are still unable to secure employment in their field because there is no comprehensive system for
accepting international credentials. Canada must provide new immigrants with the opportunity to use their education
and work experience here in Canada. I have consistently pressed the government to develop a workable program in
consultation with all the relevant stakeholders. We must match the immigration application points system to the reality
of work in Canada.
Foreign workers
I have been concerned about the situation of temporary foreign workers who have been granted work permits in
Canada. Live in Caregivers, agricultural workers and skilled labourers, these are some of our most vulnerable
workers, and they must be protected. Temporary foreign workers must not undercut hard fought wage levels and
working standards won by Canadian workers. I asked the Minister to explain claims that workers on a rapid transit line
were being paid well below acceptable Canadian wages. The text of the question follows:
Mr. Bill Siksay (Burnaby—Douglas, NDP): Mr. Speaker, yesterday it was revealed that up to 60 foreign workers
were doing tunnelling work on the new rapid transit line in Vancouver. Most of these workers earn as little as $5 per
hour. They work nine to 10 hours a day, six days a week, workers that this employer brings in from Costa Rica,
Colombia and Peru and are paid four to five times less than their Canadian counterparts.
This clearly violates foreign worker criteria that wages and working conditions must be comparable to those of
Canadian workers.
Does the minister believe that this exploitation should be tolerated in Canada and, if not, what is he going to do to
stop it?
Hon. Monte Solberg (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, CPC): Mr. Speaker, the issue of temporary
foreign workers is a very important one today. There is about $120 billion in projects in Alberta that are being held up
for a lack of workers, something like $90 billion worth of projects in B.C. being held up for a lack of workers.
Sometimes there are rubs with these things.
Safe Third Country
I am very concerned about the December 2004 implementation of the Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada
and the United States. As a result, the number of refugee claims at our land borders has diminished by 50% in the last
year. Refugee serving groups maintain that the US is not a safe country for all refugees. The agreement was to be
closely monitored by the UNHCR. But, over 18 months later we are still waiting for formal reporting by the two
governments on the UNHCR’s findings. In the meantime refugees’ lives are being endangered and Canada may be in
violation of its international human rights obligations. I will continue the fight to see that refugee rights are recognized.
Vietnamese Sponsorship
Just over 2000 Vietnamese boat people have been left stateless in the Philippines for over 15 years. Countries such
as Australia, the UK, Norway, and the US have resettled the majority of these individuals. Canada had agreed to take
200 of these refugees. Unfortunately, under the program introduced by the former Liberal government only 27
qualified to come to Canada. There are 188 individuals who have been left without status and without the legal ability
to work and go to school in the Philippines. I have called on the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration to allow the
urgent resettlement in Canada of the remaining 188 Vietnamese refugees on humanitarian and compassionate
grounds. To this end, I tabled a motion at the Standing Committee of Citizenship and Immigration. The text of this
motion is available on my website in the issues section at www.billsiksay.ca. It is my expectation that this motion will
be dealt with at the first committee meeting this fall.
Family reunification
Family class immigration must become a priority for this government. It is central to our immigration system. Canada
was built on family class immigration. Unfortunately, the policies of the Conservative government do not reflect this
priority, and the Minister has failed to mention family reunification as a central part of his vision for immigration. There
is still a significant backlog in immigration applications in the system. Families are facing lengthy waits, sometimes
even years to be reunited. I have consistently urged the government to make families a priority and speed up the
processing of family class immigration.
New Citizenship Act
The current Citizenship Act came into force in 1977. Under the Liberals there were three attempts to update this
legislation, but all failed. Issues such as the revocation of citizenship and the oath of citizenship must be addressed.
The importance of citizenship, the duties of citizens, and the obligations of the state to its citizens must be reflected in
a modernized citizenship Act.
The Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration was asked by previous Ministers to study the Act, and last
year, the Committee travelled across the country and consulted with over 130 witnesses. This spring, I again called on
the new Conservative Minister to review the recommendations the committee tabled in Parliament and to introduce a
new Citizenship Act without further delay.
Recent events in Lebanon and Israel have prompted some Conservative politicians to suggest there should be two
levels of citizenship or, and end to the possibility of dual citizenship. I strongly supported the effort to evacuate all
Canadian citizens from Lebanon. Canadian citizens have a right to expect the support and protection of Canada in
times of trouble. Furthermore, Canada does not now and should not in the future, have different classes of citizens.
Settlement Funding Inequities
In the spring budget, the Conservatives announced 307 million dollars for settlement funding. Unfortunately, not all
settlement agencies will be seeing more money in their budgets. There is still great disparity between the provinces in
funding for settlement agencies. This leaves many immigrants without the support and resources like language
training that they need to adjust to life in Canada. Some provinces receive only half or one third of the amount of per
immigrant funding than other provinces received.
Settlement support for immigrants should be a key element of our immigration program. Effective settlement services
benefit everyone. All immigrants, in every province should have equal access to supports and services they need
while adjusting to life in Canada. I will continue push the government to rectify the inequities in settlement funding.
Upcoming priorities of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration has set priorities for study in the fall
session of Parliament. The top three issues we will be working on are:
1. Refugee Issues:
- private sponsorship of refugees
- the Refugee Appeal Division (RAD)
- persons in sanctuary (churches)
- persons from countries where there are moratoria on removals
2. Undocumented Workers
- examination of point system
- Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants (CSIC)
3. Temporary Foreign Workers
If you would like to present to the Committee on any of these issues, I encourage you to make a request to appear
before the Committee. This would entail a short presentation to share your views, followed by a question and answer
session with members of the Committee. To make your request, contact the Chair of the Committee, Norman Doyle,
MP, at doyle.n@parl.gc.ca (613) 996-7269 or the Clerk of the Committee, Bill Farrell at cimm@parl.gc.ca (613-995-
8525. I would appreciate receiving a copy at siksay.b@parl.gc.ca

Monday, November 27, 2006

Bruce Perreault

Editor’s Note: The Author, Bruce Perreault, B.A., LL.B., K.H.S., CCIC is the author of a new book to be published in January 2007 entitled “The Making of CSIC: How the Battle was Almost Lost”. The book describes the lonely Journey of John Ryan to Ottawa, the intrigue that followed, the birth of CSIC. It describes in detail the groups that formed throughout Canada of Consultants that attempted to derail the process but were ultimately defeated. It gives an interesting look into one group in particular which was best described as “The Loonies” in a Chapter that is devoted to a look into the insane world that used the internet to defame, libel and slander Consultants from Coast to Coast. You have to read it to believe it! The book is a must from cover to cover. It will be available however, only in hardback, and at a high cost of $49.00 at Bookstores throughout Canada.
The CAPIC TIMES Vol. 1, Issue 10

Reproduced with Permission from The CAPIC Times
BREAKING NEWS!The 2nd Annual CAPIC-ACCPI National Education Seminar Friday, November 24, 2006 has ended. It was a smashing success, and proves, we have finally made it as a Profession and, within that Profession, CAPIC has demonstrated that it represents ALL consultants, whether or not they are members. The educational seminar presented was highly instructive and of great help to the practitioner to advise and counsel clients in a manner now demanded from the public, the Regulator and CICThe Panels were very informative and the speakers, without doubt, the best in this country on the topics of Immigration (the author being excluded from the word “best”) which included the Minister of Immigration of Ontario and all the Federal Government experts (of which there were many) and a confident John Ryan, representing the Regulator, who seemed to be able to cast a very distinctive and encouraging future for the members of CSIC.The issue of “Phantom” consultants was addressed directly by Mr. Ryan. His message rang loud and clear to those who struggled through a long, divisive and expensive process to be able to use the designation CCIC after their name.However, it was not only the participation of almost 300 Practitioners who gained from this very positive and education experience. CAPIC grew up and is now the ONLY answer to who takes the role of The Canadian Bar Association in relationship to CSIC. It was a day that the outgoing President of CAPIC, Ron McKay, has reason to be very proud. He has led CAPIC from infancy through two stormy years and his captainship was steady and leaves us with a solid foundation for the future. Every Consultant owes him a deep debt of gratitude and thanks.The contributions made by so many were incredible but two people have to stand out as being exceptional for their abilities, hard work and determination. Phil Mooney, who was the excellent moderator of the day proved that he could have his own television series for his commanding presence. However, it was the hard work that he performed long before the NES opened that he is also in our gratitude for.The other was Alli Amani, President of CAPIC of Ontario and Host. Those of us who know Alli, understand that he spent his incredible strength in insuring that the 2nd Annual NES event was the best that could be offered In that, he succeeded.Many others contributed including Mario Bellissimo, long a friend of CAPIC and a distinguished lawyer, who introduced the Minster, The Honourable Mike Collee; Max Choudury, another friend of CAPIC and himself a distinguished lawyer, Mansour Motamedi, National Director of Education, presented a well received presentation on Support Tools; Camilla Jones on H and C; Gerd Damitz on Economic Class; Cobus Kriek and Katrina Onuschuck on HRSD; Monica O’Brien, Julie Brodyanski and Tarek Allam on Post Impressions; Keith Frank on Citizenship,; Sol Grombinsky and Eric Katz on The Canada Border Services Agency; and Farzad Farahmand on Nova Scotia PNP.The distinguished speakers included Malcolm Brown, the Assistant Deputy Minister, Ms. Ann Arnott, Director General of the International Region, Ms. Heidi Smith, Director of Economic Policy and Programs for Immigration, Pat Retsinas, Senior Policy and Program Advisor; James Sutherland, Director HRSDC; Bruce Scoffield, Director, International Region; Randy Orr, Director of Operations at Buffalo, New York; Karen Clarke, Policy Manager; George Bowles, Admissibility Branch and, finally, Elizabeth Mills, MPA of Nova Scotia and head of The Nova Scotia Office of Immigration.What a Cast!!! Thanks to the many others who are not mentioned and to the Staff of CAPIC including Executive Director, Berto Volpentesta, and our secretary, Monica Poon. Finally, thanks to every member of CAPIC who made the NES possible by their membership in the organization. We are all winners on such a day.Bruce Perreault, B.A., LL.B.,K.H.S., CCICRetiring National Director of MembershipCAPIC

Sunday, November 19, 2006

CSIP Alerts to CSIC revoked members

ALERT to all 764 revoked members at CSIC as former transitional members

CSIP is asking you to send this letter to CSIC legal department immediately to reserve your rights and clean your name from any further defamation to your profession..

Cut and paste the letter written below and use your full name and address on the letter head and send it to CSIC.

Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants390 Bay Street, Suite 1600Munich Re CenterToronto, Ontario Canada M5H 2Y2Via Fax: 416-572-4114or Via Email: information@csic-scci.ca
Dear, CSIC Chair and Board of Directors of CSIC

This is my warning letter to CSIC in respect of gravely defamatory statements published by you and your directors against my name as an immigration consultant, to the public dated November 18th, 2006 at this link
https://www.csic-scci.ca/eIS_Reports/Clients/CSIC/ExtranetWebForms/CSICMembershipList.aspx?lang=E&Rpt=RevokedMemberList
.
The published revoked membership list makes the libellous and false allegations that I as former transitional member have failed the membership exam and I am no longer valid member of good standing which is “threatening and harassing to my profession”, that you have made “unfounded allegations” and generally asserts that I have engaged in unauthorized conduct in respect of representing my clients before the CIC. The obvious message or innuendo to the public in this posting is that I am is irresponsible consultant, dangerous, and unethical and unauthorized and that the Public (prospective CIC clients) should not deal with me to represent them in any form of representation. Quite apart from the legal presumption in the law of defamation that these postings and statement and innuendos are false, I advised you CSIC and the CIC that they are utterly untrue in fact.
By taking the remarkable step of communicating these allegations to the public locally, nationally, and internationally in the midst of representing my clients to the CIC for immigration under presentation for the past five years , you and your Board of Directors have caused me incalculable damage to my profession and my immigration business. I expect you are aware of the financial magnitude of the 764 names on this posting, which could well put ours and our client’s damages from the defamation into the hundred of millions of dollars against your society.
You and your Board of Directors have repeatedly advised us that you were planning to cause damage to me and my other colleagues and our participation in presenting clients without CSIC membership, raising the distinct smell of malice.
The only apparent reason or motive for communicating these outrageous allegations and false advertising to the public can be to destroy our immigration business, our profession and the CIC client’s reputation and take advantage for personal profit of any opening that creates for your new inexperienced members. I understand CSIC is continuing to spread lies about my immigration profession in your communication with CIC and advertise false information connected to my name as former CSIC member on your website.
I demand an immediate retraction by removing my name of the revoked membership list and apology, the terms of which must be approved by me and my other 763 revoked members in advance to avoid making matters worse. The post revoked member list has set in motion a series of communications to the public destroying my reputation, and I expect you and your board of members to act promptly in stopping that process before it becomes worse. Failure to do so will be seen as a conscious decision to allow that defamation to spread and cause further damage to CSIC.
It goes without saying that any repetition or further communication by letter to CIC or advertising using CSIC website, email, personal discussion or otherwise of these or other negative allegations against me or my other 763 colleagues will be regarded as a malicious aggravation of damages.
We 764 revoked members reserve the right to bring this letter to the attention of any court dealing with this matter shortly.

Sincerely yours

____________________________(Write your name)

_________________________________ sign it and send it to CSIC immediately by fax, email, or mail, send a copy to CSIP

----- Original Message -----
From: <canvisa@bellnet.ca>
To: "Salloum Company" <salloumcompany@shaw.ca>
Cc: <canglobal@hotmail.com>; <roy77@mail.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 6:10 AM
Subject: Another Law Suit!

Not another Law suit!!! What gets me is that CSIC does not tell its Full Members how many Law suits the society is facing. I know that CSIC has been involved in the following litigation;1. CSIC fought and got intervener status against IAIP and CIC suit,2. CSIC fought and got intervener status against Chinese Chamber of Commerce and CIC,3. CSIC sued CSIP for an interpretation that someone at CSIC wanted silenced,4. The Law Societies of Canada and the Law Society of Upper Canada is heading to the courts this December 2006 over a lack of Consumer Protection and no fundamental justice over CSIC By-Law 13.Do you know of any more Law Suits? I have given up asking questions of persons at CSIC.Anything we do with our five senses we interpret. I have stated before that it clearly appears that the George W. Bush mentality is running CSIC. I just do not understand why.. How come so many people think that CSIC and its board of directors are in the wrong?. Was Donald Rumsfeld correct when he thought he was winning the war in Iraq?. Which members authorized CSIC to get involved in litigation without being sued themselves?. How can CSIC interpret IP9 that everyone has to be an authorized representative to receive payment for advice when the IRB, CIC and CBSA interpret the same regulations that representation for a fee is allowed as long as the Immigration Consultant gets paid upfront?. Why does CSIC think they can control the actions of former members with the by-laws after CSIC themselves revokes their status?. Showing so many revoked members in the same area of main PUBLIC home page with so few as Intent To Resign Members makes the society open to ridicule by the public, does it not?. Why does CSIC CPD committee ask for persons or organizations to be a provider and then put on the form "PROPOSED FEE"?. Why does CSIC board of directors believe that the pockets of members are so full that they will continue to pay?. Did CSIC not learn anything from the last election in the states or would they like Donald Rumsfeld phone number?. Why are there seven quick links on the CSIC home page regarding Complaints Process and Rules of Professional Conduct and not one item regarding increasing public confidence in services if they are both key principles of CSIC?. How did the board of CSIC amend the requirements to obtain full membership (give me the money) after the transition date without taking the resolution to the full members as per the by-laws?The American Public voted recently and changed the structure of both houses. Will full members do the same? I doubt it!!! I have had three brand new full members of CSIC ask to work with me this week so that they could participate in Appeals, Refugee Hearing, ADR's Detention Reviews etc. None of these full members have ever presented a case nor have they ever submitted a H&C application to CIC yet their full members. None have put together a package of submissions for an appeal or virtually anything else other then getting students abroad which is NOT covered by the regulations.YET there are at least 110 consultants who paid $530.00 to write the tests again.What is an experienced consultant definition according to CSIC board of directors? . Would an Immigration Consultant who has been very successful at hearings and appeals for more then a decade be considered an experienced consultant?. Would an Immigration Consultant who has been very successful at all areas of overseas Immigration including bringing several Investors to Canada in the last decade an experienced consultant?NO!IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CSIC BOARD OF DIRECTORS INTERPRETATION OF CERTAIN MATTERS?YOU DECIDE!

Roy Kellogg