I support the subamendment, but I would just like to put some information out for context.
It is so imperative that the IRB tell the government, parliamentarians and Canadians how they plan to address the backlog and the dramatically building inventory of cases within the IRB, and what advice they're presenting that they would like Parliament to undertake in that regard, especially if there are potential policy changes that might be required. We're at October 2. We have people staying in hotels in the greater Toronto area at taxpayer expense because the IRB has a case backlog.
This has a direct impact on budgetary expenditures related to the housing of people who have illegally entered the country and then subsequently claimed asylum. It has a direct impact on federal-provincial relationships with regard to the committee that's happening. It has a direct impact on whether or not we are in a position to evaluate any sort of supplementary estimates that might be presented to this committee.
I hope that anybody who is watching this realizes how ridiculous it is that we would be having any discussion about tabling a report on this, given the severity and gravity of this particular issue.
Thank you.