In fact, we see that there are still thousands of travellers coming from Mexico, nearly the same number as last year. We haven't noted that their numbers have declined significantly.
This situation represents costs for the voters of Mr. St-Cyr's riding. In fact, the Government of Quebec demanded that we do something to solve the problem of false asylum claimants arriving in Quebec. In Canada, the vast majority of asylum claimants from Mexico have settled in Quebec. We believe that the cost of each case to taxpayers is slightly less than $30,000, in this case $29,000. Since the visa imposition, the decline in the number of false asylum claimants from Mexico has represented approximately $37 million. That mainly affects Quebec taxpayers.