Mr. Speaker, in our operations and processing, we have made significant progress, and we are going to continue to work to better serve Canadians and the loved ones they are trying to reunite with.
We have introduced measures to streamline the processing of permanent resident applications, including spouse or common-law partnership applications, and provided applicants additional time to provide documents if need be, if they are faced with challenges due to local COVID-19 restrictions. We introduced a pilot to digitize spousal applications so officers in Canada and abroad can process them remotely, and we increased the number of decision-makers on spousal applications in Canada to reduce couples' wait time. In addition, we have developed virtual landings, citizenship ceremonies and citizenship testing.
We are on track to return to our pre-pandemic processing times, and we will continue to reunite families based on advice from public health experts. I look forward to working with my hon. colleague to move this forward in the most efficient way possible.