Minister, I'd be surprised if you didn't know the numbers. In fact, it's quite correct that there are five full-time positions and one part-time position. My understanding is that four of those were vacant for the longest period of time. In fact, some of those may have been filled recently. That is a decision made by your office.
You've referred to other parts of the citizenship and immigration system as being broken. Those were the words you used. You said there are legislative knots. You blamed minority government. In this particular case, it's a simple decision made by your office. There were judges in place who expressed to your office their willingness to continue in their positions until such time as those positions were filled with someone you appointed. Yet notwithstanding that, you had a situation in British Columbia where thousands upon thousands of Canadians-in-waiting, instead of celebrating their new citizenship, were waiting for the ceremony. Who is responsible for the fact that four of those positions were vacant? In fact, in one case, it was vacant for over a year.