Minister, in October of last year, you and Minister Goodale appeared before the committee on the issue of illegal border crossing. My colleague, Liberal MP Mr. Anandasangaree, asked you specifically whether resources were in place to admit and process all illegal border crossers. At that time, Minister, you said, quote:
We've done it with the resources we have. It's been a question of being a little more efficient...”.
Your DG has said that since October/November they've been planning for up to $200 million to $400 million in new spending. A memo to your deputy minister warned of costs of up to $3 billion to 2021 from the illegal crossings, and the deputy minister's memo to you in the fall suggested an urgent need to revisit the safe third country agreement because of the increased crossings last year.
Why did you tell committee that you were working with internal resources to handle the problem?