Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all of our witnesses. They bring us a ton of wealth. I counted about 60 years of experience around this table, and I am looking forward to some of their guidance on this immigration file.
First, I would like to talk about family reunification. As you know, some of the biggest issues we have in our ridings are the immigration inquiries and immigration issues. I have two full-time people working on the immigration files, and it's still not enough.
One topic I'll talk about is what happened yesterday. Somebody came to see me, and his parents' application has been outstanding since 2013. Somebody called me last night from B.C. about a spousal application for his wife, which has now been outstanding for four years. Somebody called me earlier this morning to talk about a spousal application sent on March 18, 2020. They hadn't heard back. Can any of the witnesses guide us as to what can and should be done? When I came here in the seventies, this was a compassionate and wonderful country. What has happened to us? What do we need to do to be the old Canada and the beautiful country we have?
I have another question on the students as well. I'm hoping that I'll get another minute and a half to ask a second question. Thank you.
Anybody can take this, starting with Mr. Waldman, Mr. Sharma or anybody else.