Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you so much for your presentations today and for being here. It is very nice to hear from people with your experience.
Your Excellency, it's always a pleasure to have you here with us, as it is to have you, Mr. Kurland.
In the debate on immigration and on backlogs, we often focus on the quantity, and not enough focus is put on the quality. I'd like to talk a little bit about that today.
To me and to many of us, it's not just the sheer number of people we let in; it's making sure that the immigrants who come here can properly integrate into Canadian society and that they're able to join the workforce and participate in our economy and become viable, contributing members of the community.
I know that the integration of new Canadians is a key goal of our government. I believe it's what Canadians want and what Canadians would certainly welcome seeing. Would you agree? And perhaps you can expand on what the practical limits are as to how many people Canada can welcome in a given year.