Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First of all, I want to thank our witnesses for joining us and for providing us with information on this bill.
I would like to clarify one thing. The current legislation was enacted in 2006. You have the latest statistics on the number of applications approved and rejected. Do you have any similar statistics covering the period from 2003 to 2005? Have you observed a drop in the number of applications rejected or have the numbers stabilized somewhat?