Thank you.
Further to Mr. Chen's question, I'm going to focus my questions around the backlog processing time as this is one of the most frequent complaints I hear from my constituents in the riding of Scarborough Centre, and I am sure I am not alone.
The status quo is simply not acceptable. Applicants are waiting too long for their applications to be processed. They are living in limbo and often are separated from their loved ones. That's really a thing of concern to all of us.
Minister, you have told this committee previously that lowering processing times, particularly in the family class, is a top priority for you. Your department is asking for a 13.5% increase in funding in these estimates for 2016-17. How much of that specifically will be directed towards decreasing the processing times?