Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to extend a special welcome to all of our guests today. There are certainly a large number here, and I'm very delighted to see you all here.
Much of Bill C-31, which we're debating here, has to do with designating certain countries as safe countries. I know that many democratic European countries designate certain countries as safe and actually accelerate asylum procedures for claims from those countries. There's a long list of these countries: United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, and so on. This is not something new on the world stage. Canada is actually behind a lot of the other countries we're most commonly compared against.
I just have a question specifically regarding the United Kingdom, the U.K. The process for claimants in some streams takes as little as 10 to 14 days—that's what I've been told. Is this a correct statement?
I'm not sure who I should direct this to. Perhaps our guests—