Madam Chair, based on that, I would like to make a notice of motion as follows:
That the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration report the following to the House: that the committee condemns the persecution of minority Christians in all countries; and urges the Canadian government to provide assistance wherever possible to facilitate immigration of such individuals and families into Canada.
We'll distribute the French version of that as well.
You mentioned some systemic problems with immigration and backlogs. When the minister was here a while ago, we asked him about backlogs, and he didn't talk about that. He talked about inventory, business as usual.
In your opinion, what other systemic changes need to be made at the department to clear the ever-growing backlog?