Thank you very much.
I was saying that the second changes have to do with the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act.
This is helping us improve integrity within our own system so that we can share information among ourselves in lines of business. As it stands right now, whenever you apply for a temporary resident visa, you have to apply once, and then as a PR, you apply again.
As a department, our officers currently cannot look at those applications. We have to ask the requester again for the material. This will help break down fraud, and also, it will be a client service piece if you have to tell us only once.
The part about onward sharing to foreign governments and other entities is strictly outside the scope of this legislation. I would want to say very specifically that it contains a prohibition against “onward sharing by provincial or territorial government partners to foreign entities, except with the [written] consent of IRCC and where this would happen in a way that complies with Canada's international obligations in respect of mistreatment, as defined in the Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities Act”.
There is no onward sharing. This is strictly to be proactive in sharing information with provinces and territories as well as other federal agencies with information-sharing agreements and/or regulations.