Thank you, Chair.
I would like to continue on a little bit with what we discussed on Tuesday with the immigration minister.
Ms. Baird, on the Health Canada interim federal health program website, it outlines who's eligible for coverage under this program. Eligible groups include asylum claimants and detainees who have illegally crossed the border into Canada. On Tuesday, the immigration minister said falsely that once the process is concluded, the coverage ends.
I'd like to confirm for the record that the website also includes asylum claimants who are waiting for decisions as to whether the claim is eligible and asylum claimants whose claim for refugee protection has been rejected by the IRB.
My first question is this: How many asylum claims were rejected in 2024?