Mr. Chair, the issue of temporary residence acceptance rates and so on is always of interest. The overall acceptance rate for our temporary resident program is approximately 82%. The member is absolutely correct. In certain offices, there are lower acceptance rates than elsewhere. I think it's important to understand that each case, each application, is looked at on an individual basis, and then the refusal rate results from that. It's not that we are working to a particular rate. Each case is looked at individually on its own merits.
We would be looking at a whole variety of different elements in terms of documentation, in terms of the purpose of going to Canada, and ties both to their home country and to Canada, and we make an overall assessment on those bases. Indeed, there are certain countries where the acceptance rate is low, and Chandigarh is certainly one of those places. The statistics you have are absolutely correct. I think that there are a number of issues that occur there. In Chandigarh we have seen a number of elements that have led to a lower acceptance rate.