We had, for example, a full day of discussion with some of the representatives of the sponsorship agreement holder community. We discussed the challenges facing the program and how we could collectively work together to address some of these challenges. Certainly in terms of addressing the inventories, we thought that it would be helpful if, for a couple of years, CIC would commit to process more applications abroad, and the sponsorship agreement holders would reduce the number of undertakings they present to the program so that collectively, then, we could reduce the inventories and be able to start fresh and have a program that is more responsible and flexible.
On December 5th, 2006. See this statement in context.