Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's a pleasure to meet with you today to discuss Canada's refugee system. I would like to thank the committee for the priority it's giving to refugee issues. Your examination of the issues is most appreciated by the department. If I may, I will use the time allowed for an opening statement to provide a brief overview of the system and address some of the issues that have been raised by witnesses, after which my colleagues and I would be pleased to take any questions from the committee.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Perhaps I could address that a little bit, Mr. Telegdi. You have to understand the relationship between speeding up processing and increased landings. If I could wave my magic wand—since I'm responsible for delivering on some of these numbers—and say that everybody who is waiting in our skilled worker inventory, all 500,000 of them, won't have to wait for more than a year to get into Canada, that would be 400,000 more landings in Canada in one year.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, and we actually have the link on the home page of the website. There's a link right there, even making reference to lost Canadians and war brides, that takes them right to the application process, which is specifically tailored for resumption of citizenship for people in that situation.