One of the questions that comes up when we're talking about a really high level of discretionary authority for a minister is that people might say circumstances change and we need to have some flexibility. Within the immigration community, when we're talking about what targets Canada should have and what criteria we should have for entry, is it your impression that things are changing so much year to year that the minister has to be in power to have this kind of discretionary authority, or is it more the opinion that immigration is meant to respond to medium- to long-term strategic economic factors, or certainly the express entry system is? There are other parts of the immigration system based on moral considerations about family reunification and refugees, but within economic immigration, is it the view that this is really a medium- to long-term strategic thing and we shouldn't need to make major program changes year to year at the discretion of a particular individual as opposed to having a more strategic process?
On May 24th, 2022. See this statement in context.