I think the problem is that the policy is pretty new. It was just last week, so we do not know if the new policy actually has sped up the open work permit. As other witnesses have mentioned, no one has ever seen that AOR, which is a requirement for that new open work permit. That is a huge problem. It's not really helping those who are currently waiting for some kind of work permit to continue their status in Canada—those who are already waiting.
However, for the people who just applied recently for the Hong Kong pathway, they now have a clearer path and a bridge from their current permit, which is expiring, to PR status, and that is a good thing. However, for the majority of those who are waiting, that backlog, those people are still waiting. A lot of them waited for over half a year, especially if they're applying for the open work permit for Hong Kong recent graduates.
That open work permit was supposed to be for people who are still in Hong Kong, but they're now using it in Canada to continue their status here.