I'll make it very brief.
Thank you, Mr. Minister, and thank you to the new staff, the deputy minister, Mr. Yeates, and the acting assistant deputy minister, Mr. Linklater. Thank you for coming.
I have two questions, and I'll make the first question really short. We kept hearing that the refugee claims were taking a long time, that people were staying longer and their families were.... Now, don't forget that it is 10 to 12 years for the initial application. It was the government of 10 to 12 years ago that made that decision, so I think we need to change that. That's number one.
Second, I think that because there's no system right now.... We already have a few systems; that's why it has resulted in having these people and their families stay 10 to 12 years, and these people naturally have families that have settled in.
I want the minister to shed more light on that. Having one more layer of appeal would only worsen the situation. Can you comment further on that?