Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all the witnesses for your time this afternoon.
I want to pick up on the questions from Dr. Lewis and Monsieur Barsalou-Duval with regard to the backlog.
We heard earlier in today's meeting from the national supply chain task force. One thing they talked about was the need for workers. They pointed to immigration and to temporary foreign workers as part of that solution. We also heard that from many witnesses throughout the course of this study.
You know, you can't confirm that there is a 2.6-million case backlog, and the processing time seems to vary, or it depends. There are lots of stats out there. I've heard 160 days and I've heard six months. What is the service standard in terms of processing applications at IRCC?