Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
First of all, I want to thank the witnesses for the excellent presentations we have received. I understand you're probably working a double shift because we have two committees looking at the same thing, something that perhaps could have been avoided with proper planning.
Then again, this has been the story of Bill C-50. They introduce amendments that actually don't deal with backlogs. The government, unfortunately, can't really be taken seriously about reforming Canada's immigration system, judging from the amount of investment they're willing to make in this field. This is all occurring at a time when Canada is facing an aging population, demographic shifts, as well as skill shortages.
There are a lot of inconsistencies, and this is the reason why ads have to be taken out in newspapers--even though they're not very clear--about what exactly the issues are. This is the reason why this process was, I guess, ill-conceived, as were the amendments.
I want to get to the bottom of a fundamental issue that is really puzzling to me. Why would a minister or government make such obvious errors in planning, in conceiving a piece of legislation, in not understanding they already have powers to deal with the issues they want to deal with, in thinking that they could somehow bypass Parliament in proper debate? How does this happen, and what essentially do you believe is the motivation behind this? We're all very puzzled by how all these errors could occur in one file. What's your point of view on that?