Thank you, Mr. Chair.
One quick question to Richard Kurland on statistics, and then I want to get to what I think is the core issue.
When you talk about processing times and not getting recent data, I agree with your sentiment except I have numbers from the department, and the latest period is—perhaps not the very latest—the 12 months ending March 2013. The first year available is 2007, and it shows processing time is way up. Families from 13 months to 40, spouses from 11 to 17, live-in caregivers from 23 to 38.
I agree with your sentiments on processing times, but given the department's own numbers, I can't see why you're saying they're down.