Citizenship and Immigration committee  For the number of applications terminated, I don't have the exact figure with me, but it was approximately 300,000 individuals in the federal skilled worker program. I don't think I can provide an answer to a question like how many applications have been delayed, because I don't know what your definition of delay is.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The information on processing times on the websites is statistical information. They represent the processing time for 80% of cases, so there are 20% of cases that fall outside of those processing times by category and by office.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That ones that go very fast don't have a strong tendency to approach their members of Parliament.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The number of applications terminated is about 300,000. We can provided the exact figure.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sorry, is what being communicated?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The individuals whose applications were terminated were advised that their applications had been terminated. All of the information about how to apply for various programs is on our website. There was no specific communication to individuals whose applications were terminated, but it's all publicly available information.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. The criteria under which CIC will make draws from the expression of interest pool will be through ministerial instructions, which are all published in the Canada Gazette.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, I wouldn't, sir. The accumulation of backlogs is not directly related to levels; it's related to a disjoint, if you will, between the levels plan and the department and the government's policies with regard to managing the intake of applications. For a number of years, we had no effective tools to manage the intake of applications.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, I don't have the details of that. I know there were a number of sessions and a large number of employers engaged. We can provide that information in the follow-up.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. Because of the absence of Sandra Harder, who is ill and was supposed to be here today, and is the lead on that file, I don't have the details of the future consultation plans with respect to expression of interest. I do not know of any plans to have completely open, public consultations.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  With regard to the number of removals and the categories of removals, those statistics would be with the Canada Border Services Agency. I'm afraid I don't have that material in front of me. We would have to provide that as a follow-up.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, sir.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Certainly.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I guess your question, sir, was whether an increase in levels would lead to a decrease in the ability of immigrants to integrate.