In fact, there were 4,000 unresolved requests as of June 2026. These unresolved requests have been open for an average of 260 days.
These are importers, people who want to do business in Canada. We say that Canada is open for business. The engine of the Canadian economy is the small business. Importers are waiting an average of about nine months to have their questions answered. When they are not answered within that 34-day request for assistance, that must have profound impacts on the business, on the employees, on the economy at large. Where are things going in those nine months?