Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. In mid-November, we approved some 1,300 exemptions to travel to Canada.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, thank you. The 90-day extension—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Can you hear me now?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  [Technical difficulty--Editor]

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sorry. Can you please repeat that? Everything was frozen on my computer, so I missed the question.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Madam Chair, at this time, no applications will be rejected as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We're currently looking at various options to ensure that the applications continue to be processed without delay and without affecting the applicant.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. The Passport Program has a revolving fund based on a 10-year cycle, and all revenues generated annually can be respent during the 10-year cycle. As my colleague mentioned, we have a reciprocal agreement with Service Canada, which means that Service Canada charges us a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  At the end of the 10-year cycle, the Passport Program must be balanced.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  For the first few years, we collect money when people pay for their passports. Then, as the volume of applications fluctuates, we can spend that money.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No. The amount sought in supplementary estimates (B) for the accord really reflects the increase under the accord. The accord has two components, the number of non-French-speaking immigrants, which varies from year to year, and the federal government’s expenditures, which also va

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. With the $69.2-million increase, the amount set aside for the accord will be $559.4 million annually. Under the Canada-Quebec immigration accord, the amount can’t decrease.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The $112 million was the amount set aside last year, based on the difference between the number of non-French-speaking immigrants to Quebec the year before and that same number last year. That means Quebec experienced an increase in non-French-speaking immigrants between the two

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The $387,000 the IRC will receive or is requesting in supplementary estimates (A) is truly related to the work it must do because of the increase in asylum seekers and refugees. As you know, when people cross the border, they are processed by the Immigration and Refugee Board. S

Citizenship and Immigration committee  This aims to increase their capacity to process files. The amount will go to increasing productivity in general.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Exactly, we don't need to reimburse it. It is not a contingency fund, it's a fund that belongs to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.