Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses.
It seems to me that if a small country like Canada is to compete with a big country like the United States, then we ought to be more nimble or more agile by virtue of our smallness. It seems to me that in some cases regarding immigration it's the opposite. We heard in the press diplomats from Mexico or Brazil, I believe, complaining that they had to fill out huge questionnaires about coming to Canada, questions about where their mother was born, ridiculous things like that. I spoke to people from Ukraine and they said it was extremely arduous to come to Canada. For the U.S., they can get something in their passport that gives them multiple entries for 10 years, so they can just come and go. It's the United States that had 9/11, not us, so they should, if anything, be more concerned about security than we are. Of course, we are, but the image is that they are more so, yet we seem to be slow and stodgy and unresponsive compared with the United States, which is a massive country.
I don't know if we can eliminate visa requirements for certain countries, but I totally agree on streamlining. It seems we have a long, long way to go. I guess I'd ask either Mr. Cappe or Mr. Goldstein if you agree with what I just said.