Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, doctors, again.
I want to make sure I understand your proposal for a more effective and efficient screening process. I can tell you anecdotally in my office, for people waiting overseas to come to Canada, particularly when there are wait times of three, four, five, six, seven and 10 years, we're requiring them to get medicals that they have to renew every year. Many of those people come from second- or third-world countries, and it's expensive for them. It appears to me that it's not very effective either, if I understand your testimony.
What's going through my mind is that we should do one initial screening at the time of application, and then simply wait until close to the time they're going to come to Canada, say within three months of them being issued their visa. Or, if I understand your proposal, perhaps they would be tested when they arrive as well. Would that be a more intelligent and effective way to approach health screening, in your view?