Thank you, Mr. Chair, and my thanks to the witnesses for appearing today.
I wish to address the issue of program integrity. We heard from our own officials that Canada has one of the highest acceptance rates. For example, in the super visa area we have almost 80% acceptance. Also, based on my own business experience of about 25 years between businesses here and in China, I generally have not had a problem with people I need to bring into Canada. So I differ with you on your assessment of Canada being a hard place to get into, because there are equal difficulties going into other countries—the United States, Australia, and European countries.
Given that we are discussing program integrity, I wish to hear from you on what other methods you suggest to safeguard our Canadian visitor immigration system—other than the standard application, the invitation letter, documentation of the ability or intent to do business here, and property ownership. When you think about 35 million visitors coming into Canada, that is doubling our population in a year. Even if less than 1% of those chose not to leave the country, it would be a tremendous problem for us. So I would like to hear from you on what other measures you suggest to maintain and protect our borders and the integrity of the program system.
Ms. Go?