Thank you to the officials.
It's a very delicate question to ask but I'll address this from a different facet. That is an examination of how good our database is and how we can start building that database to be more proactive about this. Therefore, we need to look into the culture, the country of origin, the ethnic origin, the national origin, the religious background, and perhaps the lack of English skills.
If you start developing this type of database—and you can say it's almost racial profiling—would that give us a better tool to identify these marriages of convenience, as we move forward?
Let me also take you into a further situation. I understand that in China, India, South Asia, the going rate right now for a marriage of convenience is about $50,000: $10,000 for the local guy to handle the wedding, $10,000 for the Canadian immigration consultant or lawyer, and $30,000 for the spouse who's prepared to do it. It costs about $50,000 for people who want to go into this.
How do we build a better database? How can we be more proactive?