Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have some questions about the $8.4 million that have been transferred to Foreign Affairs. It says that this money is supposed to be to support department staff working in overseas offices.
Could you give some more details about the kind of work that will be done overseas. Is this in order to reduce the backlog in applications? Perhaps you could tell the committee if the backlog, applications that have not been dealt with, has increased since the last time you appeared.