Thank you.
Residents of Scarborough—I'm a member from Scarborough—are eager to become citizens of our country. Citizenship applicants face longer wait times than ever before. The residency questionnaire takes an additional two years or more for review. Permanent residents in Scarborough are already paying taxes, volunteering in their neighbourhoods, and raising their families.
Bill C-425 that is before us will be accelerating citizenship for about 15 people per year. Those are the statistics that were given to us.
Is this effort enough?