I certainly share with you the view that the live-in caregiver program is extremely important for many Canadian families who need the caregivers for both older people—including my mother, who has benefited from one—and young children. We also have to be very conscious of the well-being of the caregivers themselves.
I know there has been a history of long processing times. While the number of caregivers we admitted in 2016 is down marginally, it is still the second highest number in the last 10 years or so. It is certain that because of the way inventories have evolved. the processing time for caregivers will be down substantially over the next year.
My officials might be able to describe that in more detail, but I know it is down substantially. In terms of the additional funding that you mentioned, it will go into further reducing the backlogs and dealing with with the legacy cases—people who have been waiting a long time in terms of caregivers.
What I'm saying is that we have admitted a large number, we propose to in 2016, and that the processing times are scheduled to come down.