Thanks, Madam Chair, and thank you to all of our witnesses who are here.
I'm going to take a poll of everybody here. I know that Ms. Shcherbakova and Ms. Smirnoff made a very clear argument to favour the people who are here on a temporary basis, committing to this country, being taxpayers in this country, educating and working in this country, and that the time they've spent here should have some value to them if they choose to continue to stay in this country as a permanent resident, like you have, and intend to become a citizen. We've just heard from Mr. Bissett that he agrees with you that there should be some value to that. I want a very quick answer from everybody else, if you think that there's actually value.
Mr. Khan, you mentioned that the tax base is important and that taxpayers are important, so these people are taxpayers in this country for three, four, five, or ten years, it doesn't matter that they're not sure how long they're staying before they choose to proceed through a permanent or citizenship track. I want to know if you think that those people in Canada who are educating and working in Canada have value and that time should be valued for their citizenship track.