Mr. Minister, it was refreshing to hear that it's not just a question of numbers and indicating for political reasons that you want to have the people come in without the appropriate funding...to ensure they can succeed. Hearing that the funding was frozen, yet you wanted to get more numbers, is kind of counterproductive. Integration, and making sure that people who come here do succeed by making provision for them, is an appropriate consideration.
There were considerable dollars placed into the refugee programs--some $20 million. There were several other things that were planned for financing, such as international students, the “Going to Canada” website portal, and biometrics. That was a series of specific areas that was going to be beefed up by the department.
Would you care to refer to any one of them? I know the international students issue is a recent announcement by the government, and of course the refugee program itself needs some additional funding.