That's one of the questions I asked my research participants. I interviewed almost 70 research participants in three provinces. That was one of the questions I was interested in.
Many of those participants told us there should be a balance. The timeline before the adoption of the refugee reform in 2012 was almost 18 months for a refugee claim to have a final decision. That was obviously too long. Now it is too fast. It's 60 days for most claimants, but for some claimants, because the system is punitive, it is sometimes only 30 days.
There should be a balance, and some of the participants said three months would be ideal. This would allow claimants to receive legal counsel, an interpreter and legal aid, and to gather evidence they need to make a claim and make their case before the Immigration and Refugee Board.