Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all our witnesses who are here for the second hour of our meeting.
Mr. Handfield, last week I asked the deputy minister of IRCC to tell me how the asylum process worked for people coming from the United States before the Safe Third Country Agreement came into effect. She was unable to answer me. Today, the Canada Border Services Agency officials could not answer that same question, nor could the Immigration and Refugee Board officials.
First of all, do you find it normal that those senior officials are unable to answer that question?
Second, can you tell me what it was like before the agreement?