I'd like to welcome the witnesses.
I agree with Ms. Douglas about the centrality of family unification. I think we have had problems recently with the skyrocketing of processing times for family members, which I see in my office in Markham every day.
I would like to begin on the subject of refugees with Mr. Chan.
I agree with Mr. Menegakis in general about Canada's glowing record, but I think that record's been tarnished in the last few years, with Syria in particular.
I heard you say that refugees often in the medium term do better than other newcomers, but in the short term they have specific issues different from others. Are there gaps in the settlement services where we could improve the system for addressing specific needs of refugees? Are there improvements that could be made in how those delivery services are provided?