Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On September 27th, 2016. See this statement in context.

September 27th, 2016 / 5:05 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

With respect to that Supreme Court case that you've referenced, I understand from Bill C-73 and the information the department raised publicly that the bill was to get at the wave of applications and the increased court time that occurred in the wake of that Supreme Court decision.

Do we have any numbers to justify that wave of applications? Was it a sustained wave? What are we looking at in terms of numbers, and what evidence do we have?

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