Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Ms. Fraser, I am very happy to see you again today, even though it is on another issue. Please forgive me for being late.
I think my question is in line with Mr. Devolin's.
When the issue is to determine whether an individual will or will not be accepted for immigration to Canada, Immigration Canada is only one of the partners involved. You looked at the issue of health. There are a number of questions there, and decisions to be made. Moreover, there is the security issue. What we hear on that is always vague, not to say obscure.
In my riding, I need to consider a great many immigration cases. I'm not the only one in that position, I am sure, but it remains that when a case has been pending for four, five or six years and we are trying to see why it is taking so long, we are told without fail that it is for security reasons.
In my riding, there is a person who has already been in Canada for four years. Everything has been dealt with except the security issue. This person is wondering why it is taking so long to deal with the security aspect of the file.
Do you have a mandate to look at CSIS activities? If so, have you looked at their activities, and what have you concluded?