Thank you for your question.
We do indeed have a recommendation and I am going to insist on this, because I know it has already been recommended to the committee. It is that an Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada ombudsperson position be created.
We're recommending this to foster greater clarity and transparency. It will be useful for Canada and individuals wishing to obtain temporary or permanent residency.
We have a bill, requests for meetings have been made and we look forward to working with the Minister and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
Creating an ombudsperson position would allow for forecasting, reviewing of decisions and decision-making without adjudication of any kind. It would save time and money. It would reduce impact on the constituency offices of all members of Parliament across Canada. It would allow for analysis and reporting of systemic issues. It would allow for an analysis of what's going on.
This will provide transparency for all members of the public and, in addition, it will address a recommendation from the committee's May 2021 report, which called for the creation of an ombudsperson position.