Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would also like to welcome Ms. Kim and Dr. Giles, who are both associate assistant deputy ministers.
Thank you for being here. This is a very important topic.
The minister's announcement last week contained a certain openness to the idea of streamlining the process. He spoke about the process for graduates, workers, families and refugee protection claimants.
At one point in his speech he said that, under normal circumstances, individuals who received a negative decision on their refugee claim or on a previous PRRA application would not be eligible to apply for a PRRA for at least 12 months.
Why did he need to clarify that?