Well, we all have stories in this room, I'm sure, relating to immigration. I lived overseas as an international lawyer and I saw people longing to come to our shores and who were frustrated by the complicated nature of the process. It has been simplified to some extent by reducing the number of categories. Based on the tenor of your recommendations, it seems that we're moving in the right direction in terms of reducing backlogs by saying to the world that there are now only 38 categories instead of 351. Isn't that a good sign of leadership from an accountability perspective, from a perspective of managing people's expectations?
On November 4th, 2009. See this statement in context.