Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My first questions are for the representatives from the Ethno-cultural Council of Calgary
I am the member for Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot, Quebec. Since very early in January, we also have had to tell people who come to ask us to help them with their applications that it is no longer possible to submit applications. From the end of January, in February and throughout the year, we have been telling people to come back to see us in November and then we can help them file an application for next January.
Even those who submit an application on time have it processed one year later. They are told a year later that they are actually missing a particular document and that their application is not complete.
This brings me to the question: do you think this system should be in fact abolished?