I certainly hope so. My point when I made those remarks was that it is difficult for any minister to plan for mid- to long-term projects when one doesn't know.... As I think everyone would agree, two weeks ago we were facing a very high likelihood of immediate dissolution. I continue to encourage my officials to work on all of these projects diligently. But from a planning point of view, I think we all recognize it can be somewhat destabilizing to have a constant threat of dissolution. That's not a partisan comment; it's just a reality of the minority parliaments in which we live. But we are working diligently on this.
Let me make a comment on the issue of fairness. I agree in principle that it would be preferable to have an appeal division within the IRB in the context of a streamlined system, but I think there is fundamental fairness in the current system. Certainly the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has repeatedly commented on the fairness of Canada's system. Arguably we have a system that is fairer than perhaps the asylum system in any other country of which I'm aware.
Let's not forget that the initial decision at the IRB is not the end of the road. There is access to appeal to the Federal Court on that decision; there's the pre-removal risk assessment; there's the humanitarian and compassionate application on risk--each of which is also open for people to seek leave to appeal to the Federal Court. So there are multiple safeguards in the current system, which is why it takes so long.