Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll be sharing my time with my colleagues.
Thank you, Minister, for meeting with the committee, and belated congratulations on your appointment, or should I say your “lended” status as Minister of Citizenship and Immigration?
Minister, in the last few weeks we have focused attention on undocumented workers and the difficult human situations that obviously develop when processes are allowed to drag on for years and years, disrupting lives. Regardless of how you're dealing with the issue surrounding those who are already facing deportation, I believe it's beyond dispute that shortening the refugee determination process would not only ultimately save the government money, but would spare a lot of families from a great deal of misery.
Could you please tell the committee when we will see a significant investment in resources to dramatically shorten the refugee determination timeline? And tell us why we don't see it in the current budget plan. You highlighted it as a significant problem in your delivery today. There's a big sin of omission in the budget plan that we've seen.