I also noticed that in the exception category, which many can use in their intent to come into Canada claim, the statistics show that of 4,000 individuals who requested refugee status at Canadian land border ports of entry, between December 29, 2004, and December 28, 2005, more than 3,000 were found eligible to make a refugee claim in Canada under the exception. It seems as though many refugee applications are proceeding through the exception category.
In the United States, I understand, you were favourably impressed with the asylum office of the Department of Homeland Security. I understand you said there's a lot to commend that office about. They've received about 75% of the asylum claims filed over the past five years, and many of those are proceeding in a reasonable fashion.
So would you agree that many are getting through using the exception class in Canada, and that in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security, which handles mostly asylum claims, is doing a fairly adequate job?