--that's unlikely to change.
But as well, we can only accept so many new citizens who can be fully integrated. We know, for instance, the funding to the provinces to help citizens become integrated is the highest in history. We know that the largest number in history came to Canada last year under our government. So there are things pushing on either side.
One of them is that immigrants, when they decide to immigrate to another country, make an application, and sometimes, unlike in the case of Mr. Allen, they do not want to come right away. Some of them know there's a waiting period so they apply in advance because they have a lot to do. They have to settle.... Sometimes somebody has to finish school or they have something they want to do in their job. There might be a bonus at the end of the year in their job. They have to sell property. They have to say goodbye to their friends. They have to prepare emotionally and pack their bags. There are a whole lot of things that might take time.
So in an ideal situation, if you get to where you want to be, what would be an ideal waiting time for someone to come Canada? What would it be, so that people don't defer and say they're not going to wait that long, that they're going to go to Australia, and so that on the other hand, they have time to deal with what they have to deal with? And then we would be able to absorb and help integrate those people into our society, to help them find homes and a job, and to get the children in school, etc.