Well, citizenship and residency fraud have been increasing concerns for decades, and as a result, we have taken strong measures to detect the fraud, eliminate it from the system, and deter fraud. We have increased our focus on citizenship revocation. Just since we began that initiative, we've investigated more than seven times the total number of revocation cases processed since 1977, and there are 3,100 people currently suspected of having obtained citizenship by misrepresenting themselves through the citizenship application process. There are 1,900 individuals linked to large-scale investigations, who have withdrawn their applications, so they will not become citizens because of the measures we've taken, and 5,200 permanent residents suspected of residency fraud have been flagged for additional scrutiny should they attempt to obtain citizenship.
So we're doing a better job of tracking the people, who are often linked to organized crime, who are trying to game the system, trying to beat the system, trying to obtain citizenship without even living here, and given that we all agree that the responsibilities of Canadian citizens are as important as the rights, that is a sign of deep irresponsibility. Preventing these people from becoming citizens is a huge improvement in the system, and we're proud to have undertaken it.