It is a little difficult to speed up the process. In fact, we must ensure fairness for all immigrant classes in relation to security. That is important.
However, overall, immigrant investors are typically about 50 years old; they are not 30-year-old millionaires. As I mentioned in my conclusion earlier, 90% of these people are doing it for their children, not for themselves. They already have a whole network of contacts around the world. They are doing this to ensure a better education for their kids and give to them a North American base. At present, our problem with regard to the five-year wait time concerns kids who are 14 and 15 years old. Their parents enrol them in other schools, be it in the U.K., the U.S. or wherever. Once the kids put down roots in one country—through the education system—they never leave, they get married, etc. So, unwittingly, if the kids settle in London, the parents will follow.
We feel that if we cannot speed up the processing time with the needed manpower, society will have to find a way to try to make it easier for these young people to come here in one way or another, so that they are schooled here. Quebec has already taken steps in that direction, recently, under its new legislation equating a diploma with a CSQ. In other words, we are telling them that if they come to Quebec to study, they will be able to apply for their selection certificate, and then get it.
The federal government needs to work towards something similar to allow these young people to study in our universities and put down roots here. Then, the parents will follow, as will the heritage and all the rest. The kids are the means to the end. We need to think of second generation and not only the first.