Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's fine. Thank you very much, Chair. It's good to be here today. As you know, the Government of Canada is committed to making necessary efforts to achieve a sustainable and prosperous economic recovery, and Citizenship and Immigration Canada will be doing that by supporting

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think the explanation, Mr. Chair, is actually fairly straightforward. Part of what affects the quarterly statements is the actual timing of the estimates. What was within the first quarter last year is in the second quarter—or third quarter in this case—this year. That's part o

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, certainly. Mr. Chair, we are doing a lot of specific things. For example, we are making changes the visa application form to simplify it. We're doing a review of admissibility provisions of IRPA. As members may know, there's a very complex set of provisions within IRPA

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No. I think the short answer to that is no.

Official Languages committee  Nine hundred million dollars.

Official Languages committee  I do not have that number here.

Official Languages committee  Perhaps.

Official Languages committee  I do not know.

Official Languages committee  The Governor in Council does.

Official Languages committee  We won't be able to ensure that, Chair; that will be up to the Governor in Council. But we're part of the process and are trying to move forward. We've certainly tried to sensitize people that we need better bilingual and French capacity than we have at the moment.

Official Languages committee  No. That's up to them.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  I'll ask Les to speak to that.

Official Languages committee  Ms. Deschênes?

Official Languages committee  Yes, we can certainly look at that.