Yes, it has been, overwhelmingly. I think the public opinion polls confirm that typically new Canadians are most supportive of measures to protect the integrity and fairness of the system. In part that's because the vast majority of people came here patiently—the legal way. It took time, sometimes years, and often they're waiting years for family members to be able to come to Canada. For those reasons I think they feel particularly aggrieved when they see people taking advantage of Canada and not waiting their turn.
Also, I think most new Canadians intuitively understand that broad public support for immigration, and frankly diversity in our society, is contingent on having a well-managed, rules-based, fair immigration system. I think they understand we all have a stake in maintaining such a system.
I'll give you one specific example: marriages of convenience. We have a very significant problem with fraudulent spousal sponsorship applications in our immigration system. This is not a new problem. It is becoming higher profile in recent months because of some high-profile cases. But I'll tell you, there are very few native-born Canadians who have ever raised the issue of bogus spousal sponsorships with me.
I have held a series of public fora across the country, and hundreds of people have come out, in Brandon, Vancouver, Montreal, and elsewhere. I think all, or almost all of them, are immigrants to Canada, and they have insisted that we find ways to tighten up both the rules and the enforcement of the rules to prevent bogus spouses from coming to Canada as permanent residents.
That underscores for me--both anecdotally and, frankly, in the public opinion polling, empirically--what you're saying about support amongst new Canadians for integrity in the system.