This is a question to the Arab Federation. Mr. Cohen laid out very clearly that it's really not about the backlog, because when you have a backlog, all you have to do is hire more people and set higher targets; that the minister has the power to do so now; and that these immigration changes will have nothing to do with the 925,000 people in the backlog anyway, because the implementation date, if this bill passes, is February 27, after the bill is introduced. So it has nothing to do with the 925,000 people in the backlog.
On top of that, Mr. Cohen said that the best and the brightest already have the capacity right now--if the minister chooses, or under the regulations under IRPA--to in fact come to Canada in an expedited manner.
So it's not about the backlog. It's not about getting skilled labour to come to Canada as quickly as possible. Why, then, do you think the Conservative government introduced these sweeping changes?
That's to whoever wants to tackle the question.