Thank you, Chair.
And thank you, Minister, for being here.
Let me first begin by congratulating your department for reducing the wait times on some of the citizenship issues and the continuing work that you're doing on that.
I can't help noticing how non-governmental organizations are preaching how important it is to strengthen the value of Canadian citizenship. I know when we debated Bill C-24 last week in the House of Commons, the members opposite said they would not support the bill. Can you tell me in light of us voting on giving these funds to the Institute for Canadian Citizenship, how exactly Bill C-24 will strengthen the value of Canadian citizenship?