Yes, I would like to raise that the majority of applicants who apply for that OWP are rejected. Now they have to wait up to eight months. We have the new scheme, which is good, but somehow, on the website, it requires applicants to submit an AOR, an acknowledgement of receipt, so 99% of the applicants don't have it. I wonder whether IRCC can clarify that or waive that. That's very important.
Another one is a very good scheme to help people from Hong Kong; however, a police certificate is required. That is another big issue. One famous Hong Kong activist tried to apply through the eTA to come to Canada. After over two months, there was no result and no reply. I wonder why someone like him, Ray Wong, got refugee status in Germany but cannot come to Canada.
I want to raise that now, with the waiting time with the open work permit, people will have to wait seven years to get PR status if we keep approving only 335 applicants per quarter.