Right. I share your assessment.
I am concerned, among other things, with the issue of immigrant investors, who are, by nature, very mobile individuals able to settle anywhere in the world. When there are significant wait times, in my opinion, there is a kind of filtering process that occurs so that ultimately the most mobile individuals, those who are the most likely to go anywhere in the world could select another place where they will get a faster response.
I don't know whether you will be able to answer my next question, but perhaps you could give us some guidance. I often get the feeling, as an MP, that the wait time issue is almost used as a way to manage immigration. Let me explain myself. In general, within a system, for example, the health care system, there is a waiting period simply because there are not enough resources or enough money. So, people have to line up. The current perception with regard to immigration is that it is a control issue. Annual quotas are established, and the only way to reach those quotas, since a number of people want to come and live in Canada, is to put on the brakes and to maintain the waiting period.