Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you for coming and explaining to us how our immigration system works. I have a list of questions that I need to ask you guys.
You gave a 30-minute overview of how our immigration system works. In an ideal situation in terms of current operations, I would say great job and everything seems to be running very smoothly—if we knew that were the case. We know there are problems. We have a problem with irregular—or illegal, I would say—border crossers. The provinces and municipalities are shouldering an unfair portion of the expenses in enforcing the law. We have unrealistic backlog and processing times for family reunification and visitor visas. Employers are requiring more labourers and skilled labourers, and they can't get enough. We have a failed family reunification system, with a backlog. There are also cases of visitors breaking their visa conditions. Related to visitors, particularly in my riding of Steveston—Richmond East in Richmond, B.C., we have an epidemic of birth tourism. Visitors are coming and giving birth with the explicit intention of seeking Canadian citizenship for their newborns.
These are the problems that we can see on the ground. What problems are you dealing with in terms of priorities? I'd like to know if you have any solutions for these problems that we see and perhaps others.