Mr. Speaker, there will of course be a debate starting on Thursday and I hope he will be here for that.
The reality is that this is a change in our system that is required because the Liberal government thought it was fine to tell Canadians who were qualified they had to wait six years for their applications to be processed. They were happy to see a backlog of a million. That is not good for the Canadian economy. It is not fair to new Canadians who want to come here, to immigrants who want to add to our economy and make it strong.
We are making the changes that are necessary to have a strong Canadian economy fuelled by the skilled talent that we need from around the world coming to Canada for the hope and opportunity that it offers, especially under a Conservative government.