I know that two months seems like a long period of time, but our efforts were initially focused on permanent residents, Canadian citizens and cases of adoption. At this time we are really beginning to get down to business. This is the first time that an office has been opened in Ottawa for this purpose. This is the first time that, together with the sponsors, we will really examine the possibility of moving files forward. We have already expressed the idea that our agents in Montreal will also help us with this.
Given the fact that police documents about criminal records are non-existent, we have a mechanism ready for treating such cases. The entire program is managed on the basis of the fact that we must comply with the criteria.
Were it not for the situation in Haiti, we could possibly do something on the medical front, but there is a big problem with tuberculosis. Now that the physicians are on the ground, we want to begin again to ensure at least a minimum, medically speaking. In that way we can make sure that we won't be grappling with a medical problem in Canada that we were not aware of and we can do better follow-up.
We have another problem. When people enter Canada rapidly, all the work has to be done over again afterward, this makes twice the amount of work for the military personnel and for the—