Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks for the indulgence of my colleagues here.
To Professor Lenard, I think the phrase about Canada being a world leader is overused, often applied in areas where we're not world leaders at all. You said we were world leaders in immigration.
I think if you take a period of decades when we opened our country to non-Caucasian people from around the world, I would agree, but if you look at the situation today, I go back to my quote from the Mexican ambassador saying that we have the most stringent visa system for Mexicans of any country in the world. We're always looking to other countries for guidance. We seem to think Australia is doing better. The Mexican ambassador referred to these crazy questionnaires for Mexican business travellers. I guess my idea, my view, at least in this area is that we're not leaders at all.
My question for you is whether you think we have structural or systemic problems in our processes.
I agree with the particular recommendations made by committee members today, but does it go beyond that? It seems we have attitudinal issues that do not make us leaders in the world.