Public Safety committee  The federal government does not provide direct support to provinces for asylum seekers awaiting their claims. The support comes at the permanent resident granting determination process, afterwards. That being said, we have taken various measures to help the provinces and to help asylum seekers by expediting across Canada all work permit applications and trying to—

Public Safety committee  Thank you, Chair. There are a lot of parts to that. I'll generally answer as quickly as I can, Ms. Kwan. In terms of the IRB, I understand that next week—next Tuesday I believe—the IRB is appearing with IRCC officials so that we can get more clarity on how the IRB is scheduling.

Public Safety committee  About six or seven weeks ago, we had over 6,000 work permit applications for all asylum seekers across Canada in our inventory. That is now almost eliminated, and we are processing in under 30 days any new asylum seeker's work permit that is coming in from across Canada. We are doing those in well under 30 days.

Public Safety committee  I'll be very brief. The assistance that the federal government does give to the provinces and territories to help for this population, specifically around the asylum, is part of the overall social transfers that go through any of the housing strategies—

Public Safety committee  No additional dollars. The dollars are with the existing programs.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  On average, the number I gave you includes the social cost to the provinces and territories.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Just for precision, Mr. Chair, do you mean in the medical sphere or do you mean in other inadmissibilities around criminality and/or any other ineligibility? It's just for precision, that's all.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sorry to interrupt. I could briefly answer that now. Overall, in terms of the Lacolle movement itself and in terms of the Haitian movement, the vast majority of individuals are being determined eligible to move forward to the IRB. It is a very significant number. The IRB's decision is a different situation, but overall, the movement in Lacolle is proceeding through eligibility, admissibility, health checks, and so on.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That is not a specific question we asked during the admissibility eligibility determination process.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's a complex and multi-layered response because asylum seeking goes on all during the year. We just saw the real peak over this year.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In terms of the greatest peak this year, which was in the month of August, those claims are being worked through, but the IRB has yet to hear them. They're being scheduled now. In addition, the IRB does have its dedicated task force, which is existing to look specifically at this issue over a three-month period.

Public Safety committee  On average, the number I gave you includes the social cost to the provinces and territories.

Public Safety committee  Just for precision, Mr. Chair, do you mean in the medical sphere or do you mean in other inadmissibilities around criminality and/or any other ineligibility? It's just for precision, that's all.

Public Safety committee  Sorry to interrupt. I could briefly answer that now. Overall, in terms of the Lacolle movement itself and in terms of the Haitian movement, the vast majority of individuals are being determined eligible to move forward to the IRB. It is a very significant number. The IRB's decision is a different situation, but overall, the movement in Lacolle is proceeding through eligibility, admissibility, health checks, and so on.

Public Safety committee  That is not a specific question we asked during the admissibility eligibility determination process.