Thank you.
I wanted to get a little more clarity. Mr. Christopherson asked for a dollar figure that would actually clear the backlog, but I noted that the answer we got back was regarding what it is expected to take to merely get to a point of equilibrium where the backlog doesn't get longer. I don't think that's what anybody's goal should be, for reasons that have come out already. We all know from our constituency office work the impact that the backlogs have on lives in our communities.
The only thing that will shrink the backlog and actually clear our lists—based on the current funding, which is something that we can control—is an actual reduction in the number of asylum claimants. Is that what both agencies are more or less hoping or relying upon to make real progress and actually shrink the backlog, rather than just shrink the rate of growth of the backlog?