Thank you, Mr. Chair.
If I understand correctly, Mr. Dupuis, you estimate that 3,500 individuals could have been subject to removal, that 2,200 people have submitted an application and that 1,038 of them have had their application processed. So about 1,300 people have not applied. Some of them may be gone and others may still be here.
What is your estimate of 3,500 people based on? Is it based on refugee claims? Are those all the figures you have? Are you able to keep track of those individuals? When you send out a notice of suspension, you have to be able to find people. Is there a way to take individual steps to reach out to people who have not applied?
There is something else I'm wondering about. Can the cost of submitting an application be a factor that discourages poor people or those with insufficient means from applying?
People from the Non-status Action Committee have told us that refugees are waiting for work permits. Will the processing of those applications be accelerated?