Mr. Speaker, in March 2012 the Conservative government increased the fees for record suspension applications from $150 to $631, with the proviso that applications would be processed in less than a year.
Oddly, the $631 applications are being processed in less than a year, but a number of applications made before this fee increase still have not been processed despite the 20 or so additional employees who were hired to clear the backlog. Some cases, including a few in my riding, have been dragging on for more than four years. That is unacceptable.
How much longer will Canadians who paid $150, the rate in effect when they filed their applications, be treated as second class?