Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I thank the witnesses for being here.
Both parts of your testimony were very interesting and we might ask you to come back to our committee, but I will try to make the best possible use of the seven minutes that I have.
Mr. Saunders, you just said that there is a significant economic impact that ends up having an influence on a country's policies and the way it manages legal and illegal migration, or irregular migration if that's what you want to call it.
We can certainly look at what's happening in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, but I'm more interested in what's happening in Canada. It seems like Canada chooses its immigrants, although that appears to be less the case lately. Canada is bordered by three oceans and one large country, the United States. There have been recent changes to immigration policy. There is irregular migration. In any case, it does not seem to be regular at this time.
According to the articles you cited, we should be accepting even more. Without rehashing the whole thing, this started in 2017. What is being done to manage this migration? What can the government learn from past experience? You gave the example of Spain. That's fine, but I get the impression that when a measure is taken, it is followed by a counter measure and everything is always in flux. People adapt and that's normal.
What would you suggest? What advice would you give to the Canadian government?