Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Minister, you were interrupted a couple of times when you were trying to explain the situation with respect to the backlog. I want to give you a chance to answer some of those questions without interruption. One of the allegations that was made by Mr. Brassard was that the backlog is increasing. You indicated that the backlog right now is at 20,000. Is that an increase or a decrease from where it was?