Ms. Zahid has given me some of her time.
I have to say your submissions are actually quite refreshing, Mr. Kent. I appreciate your wearing your personal hat and not your previous hat or parliamentary hat. You served in the last government and continue to serve in Parliament, so it is actually quite refreshing to hear somebody of your partisan background profess a new-found enthusiasm for the refugee movement, larger numbers, quicker processing, and more spending.
There are a few things that I just want want to clarify. I just want to get some clarity from you in respect of what you've actually been indicating, because you've asked for rental subsidy programs, reinstating charters, and paid-for flights. You've also indicated that the PSRs should have been staying for longer than one night in hotels and then moving on to their privately sponsored family, recognizing full well that the private sponsorship is just that; it's a private sponsorship. It's meant to alleviate the burden on the government that allocates funding for the rest of the individuals who are arriving.
I want to ask you about the cost that you foresee in this exercise, putting on your previous hat of having been in cabinet. However, I find it a bit ironic, personally and professionally, for you to say that the divisive politics of pitting refugees against one another should be ended. It would have been refreshing to hear that kind of rhetoric prior to October 19 from people who you previously served with, because those divisions were actually accentuated by your party in the previous government.
In any event, you also said something, and I'd like some clarity from you on this—