Family reunification continues to be a priority for the Government of Canada. It plays a significant role, as you've outlined, in attracting, retaining and integrating immigrants who contribute to our successful country. We recognize that there are various applications in the backlog. We know that the volumes are high. This is where the funding that we've been provided will help us to address that backlog.
As the minister mentioned, with regard to the parent and grandparent super visas, as you mentioned, these also continue to be part of the applications we're processing. We recognize that in some cases it may be perceived that others are getting a response sooner. That may be because their application came in a digital form, while others perhaps were in a paper form.
Having said that, it doesn't excuse it. This is where the work we're doing with regard to improving the backlogs and addressing the more aged applications is part of the next steps we're taking.