Great. Thank you very much.
I'd like to ask a question of Mr. Shapcott and Ms. Lalani of the Wellesley Institute. I was very interested in seeing in your written brief your discussion of immigrant settlement funding. The region I come from, Peel region, is actually the largest welcomer of new Canadians on an annual basis. As you know, our government has been increasing immigrant settlement funding over the last few years through CIC, but specifically, I'd like to know how much more you think is necessary and in what specific areas we should be targeting it.
I also want to ask you a second question about the new Canadian landing fee. One of the presenters to the committee yesterday suggested that it be eliminated entirely. As you know, it was somewhat bizarrely imposed on each new immigrant in the mid-1990s by the previous government, which I thought was quite troubling. Our government reduced it in half immediately when it came to power in 2006. This other organization says we should reduce it to zero, and I'd like to hear your views on that as well.