Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for being here on Friday afternoon at the beginning of a long weekend. We really appreciate your being here today. I also want to apologize for the long delay it took to get to this point. I listened to all of you speak, and I have empathy for all the things that you said.
I do want to point out one thing quickly, and that is that I want to defend our chair. Our chair does an excellent job. She's been very fair, but she does have processes and procedures she has to follow and, unfortunately, that's just how it turned out today. She has done a very good job since I've been on the committee, and I applaud her for the good work that she's done.
One of the things we're seeing is that IRCC is really trying to modernize, whether it's virtual ceremonies, online portals or using AI. I'd like all the witnesses to talk a little about how this new modernization is working. If all of you had one thing that you wanted to do, one thing that you could change, or one technology or procedure that you could change that would make a difference in speeding up these long backlogs, what would it be? I'd really like to hear what you have to say.
Any of the witnesses can answer, and all of them should answer, please.