Initially, when the previous special measures were announced, we were talking about approximately 3,200 people who were impacted by the lifting of the suspension of removals. Now, according to our numbers, for Haiti and Zimbabwe we're talking about approximately 1,000 people. This means that many people took advantage of the previous special measures. We hope that many more will be able to regularize their status. The numbers show that there is great progress, I think, in the number of people taking the right steps to remain in Canada as permanent residents, from 3,200 to approximately 1,000 now.
On February 25th, 2016. See this statement in context.