Good morning, everyone. This is the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, meeting number 10, on Thursday, November 17, 2011.
The orders of the day, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), are the study of immigration application backlogs in light of the action plan for faster immigration.
We have two witnesses, who have been here before many times and who have been here on this issue. On behalf of the committee, I would like to welcome you again. We have heard some testimony from different witnesses giving their observations as to what we should or should not do. You may or may not have heard that testimony or read it in Hansard. I expect members of the committee may ask for your observations about those recommendations. They may not.
Once again, I think it is fair for committee members to ask questions on testimony that has been given by witnesses, but I don't think it's fair to ask these two guests about issues of policy, as to whether the government is or is not doing the right thing. Those questions should be directed toward....
Mr. Dykstra, on a point of order.