Mr. Chair, if I may, with respect to counting time before you're a permanent resident for asylum claimants who are within Canada, once there's been a positive determination, then it would be possible to count that time here as a protected person up to and including a permanent resident. That time could apply for citizenship. However, the time that they're here until they have a positive determination on that status would not count.
On April 12th, 2016. See this statement in context.