I would like to thank you for appearing before us.
You do a lot of work with refugees, naturally, that is your job. Our committee has heard a number of people talk about the whole issue of initial timeframes. For example, we have heard about the proposed eight-day period for the interview. The government claims that a legitimate person, i.e., an actual victim of persecution, could tell his or her story rather quickly, within eight days. The government does not want to give people too much time to make up a story. Conversely, other groups have told us that, in many cases, the people who have been the most persecuted, who are more traumatized, are the least able, psychologically speaking, to tell their stories within an eight-day period.
You yourselves work with refugees. Do you believe that conducting interviews as quickly as possible is the best way to get to the truth? Are you not concerned that, on the contrary, the people who are the most traumatized are placed at a disadvantage with such a speedy process?