Thank you, Mr. Chair. Hopefully there won't be a Komagata Maru or a St. Louis again. We've had those in our history. In fairness to the government, though, there have been apologies made on a number of fronts, which probably is quite shocking to some people, because they never thought we'd reach the stage where those things would take place.
What I think I'm hearing from you, Ms. Desloges, is that there is a systemic problem in our immigration system, both at the review board stage and perhaps at the policy stage.
Just for our information, how many directors would be on the immigration review board across the country? You spoke in your initial comments about some particular problems, and it sounds almost as though those could be with individuals as opposed to being systemic. Do you see the problems you quote as being systemic across the board or more individual in nature? Obviously, that speaks to the question of whether we can train people with sensitivity training.
One of the things we're hearing a lot about in my constituency--Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, which has a lot of immigrants and new Canadians--is that there seems to be a higher number of deportations happening than what we've seen before, and I'm very concerned about the refugee applicants. No matter what their religious background, we should be protecting as many as we can, and I'm very concerned.
Could you address those points, please?