Mr. Chair, I can indicate that three different components are causing the increased costs for the interim federal health program.
One is the increased intake of asylum seekers in Canada. Second is the increasing number of resettled refugees to Canada and the interim federal health program cost that this incurs, including our having extended pre-departure services to resettled refugees, such as paying for the immigration medical exam and for certain vaccinations and health care treatments before they arrive. The third component of this $53 million is related to how long it takes for claims to be processed before the Immigration and Refugee Board.