Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I want to thank all the committee members who spoke in support of this motion.
As outlined, because we're in unprecedented times with the pandemic, I think it is really important to have the minister and officials come here to tell us what is going on with IRCC. While they have taken some measures with some of the programming, there are still a lot of gaps in terms of problems that are existing, so it would be really good for committee members to understand the situation. Then we can determine how best to go forward in providing studies that have impacts on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship portfolio.
This is not meant to replace the minister's coming before the committee on immigration levels numbers, for example, or on the budget, but rather, because of the pandemic, I think it's important for the committee to get an update and to get the lay of the land from the minister and officials on where things are at.