To begin with, that's a very bad name—“lottery system”. Certainly people are very fortunate to be in Canada, but what are we trying to impose on people? Is it that there's a lottery system in Canada, and are you all ready to try your luck at it?
I would suggest, obviously, that we should revise the name and start calling it something else. That certainly would put some respect into people's lives—people who are bringing in their parents and grandparents.
It's very unfortunate, Mr. Hallan, that you've spoken about that because I know of circumstances or incidents where applicants passed away whilst they were waiting for their applications to be processed. That is very sad, and we must take this upon ourselves as a country. We could have done better than processing parents and grandparents visa applications in years. In some cases people were waiting for their applications for a decade.
So, maybe eliminate the lottery system and take it back to the old way, where everyone submits an application. Unfortunately, we're going to have to triage this process. We're going to have to find innovative ways of eliminating the extra time it takes and get these parents and grandparents to come and see their children and grandchildren in Canada.