Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you very much to all of you. Thank you, Ms. Jeffrey, for your interventions today and also for all of the work that you do.
As my colleague stated, as MPs we all get these kinds of cases. I know that we've always had very good service, and for those of us who've lived abroad and for Canadians who are working on behalf of the Government of Canada in countries that are very dangerous for human rights, for humanitarian issues, I think this is something that's extremely crucial.
I was very interested in what you said, Ms. Jeffrey, about the number of Canadians who are living and working abroad. I think you said that the number has gone up by 30%, but at the same time, in the last 10 years the number of consular cases is remaining steady. Could you explain why you think that is the case? What are the reasons for that?