Mr. Sweetman, I appreciated the three points you made. One of the difficulties we sometimes have is really getting our witnesses to drive through to recommendations that deal with the backlogs. I know it's difficult for folks, because they do want to talk about issues that are in the current queue, but what we're really trying to study here is the reduction and to work through our backlogs.
I wondered if you could give me a brief and more detailed answer on an issue you touched on. We ended up with this system in 2002 of accepting absolutely every application—whichever category it came under, Canada was obligated to follow through with each one of those applications.
Do you think we're at the point now where we need to change that system? Do we need to find a way to work through this in a proper way that gets to the economic development that you're speaking of, while keeping a balance and ensuring that families are, in fact, able to spend their lives together?