I will ask my colleagues if they can comment on the situation in the United States. I'm less familiar with that.
On the situation in Canada, I'm very familiar with that because I suspect I get as many overtures on this issue as you do, Chair, or perhaps more.
It's an issue of great sensitivity. As you say, a lot of people who come to the border, northbound certainly, are regular and exemplary citizens who have an issue in their background that renders them inadmissible.
I guess I'd say a couple of things quickly. We endeavour to make sure our officers have the best guidance and the best training to effect a decision on a temporary residence permit, if that's applicable. Generally speaking, I think the bigger challenge for us is to make sure those decisions, point to point to point, are consistent. We often hear stories of people coming up saying they couldn't get in, yet the year before they got in, they had been given a permit. I think our challenge is to make sure we are doing all we can to ensure consistent processing of these decisions.
The one thing we're trying to do through tourist associations and other fora is to ensure people know what the requirements are when they're coming into Canada. If they contact us in advance, we can make sure they get good, full consideration of their case and a proper and due-deliberate decision regarding the issuance of a temporary residence permit. In the event that we do not find we're able to issue the permit, they are at least spared the embarrassment and hassle of potentially being turned away at the border.
I'll just ask whether either of my colleagues could comment on the U.S. situation.