I'm not really family with that system. When I started practising law, every person who applied for permanent residency in Canada sat down and had an interview with an immigration officer. There was a lot more interaction going on, and we've really done away with it. It's a faceless process now.
As I said in my opening remarks, we don't even insist that people come in for a swearing-in ceremony when they become a Canadian citizen. It's sad, and I think we're robbing the immigrants themselves of that opportunity to celebrate that moment.
