Thank you, Mr. Chair, and good afternoon to both of you.
Thank you very much for joining us here today. It's great to have such great experts on this topic to help us navigate through this matter.
I'd like to step back even further and look at the whole process broadly. From where I stand and from what I've been observing over the last few years, we have what appears to be a fundamental flaw in how we deal with refugee applications and how the process is being dealt with, from the appeal mechanism to the initial handling, to the time it takes for an individual's claim to be heard. Sometimes it's tempting for an individual who may not have a legitimate claim to abuse the system because it gives them an opportunity to stay here for a very long time and, as you said, appeal to the Federal Court, and do other things.
First of all, what do you think is the fundamental flaw? Is there more than one, or do you not agree that there is a fundamental flaw in how we deal with refugee applications?