Citizenship and Immigration committee  We issued slightly over 2,000 last year, so although we were not really functional for the first two months after the earthquake, it's about 54% more than we issued last year. I think those are the numbers we had.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can only add that I'm not sure we had ever had a crisis of that magnitude before. We've had a few. The last one of that magnitude would be the tsunami, for instance, but it was much more spread out. We had clients from different countries in different situations. But for somet

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The number of visas we issued, I would say—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  —since January 1—that's the date I have, very close to the earthquake itself—we've issued 3,080 visas so far. That's in all categories, but the vast majority are family class.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would add that a number of the work permits that we issued are still valid. Since they covered longer periods, many people still have valid work permits. In addition, it is always possible to obtain a labour market opinion—I, too, am trying to figure out the term in French—as i

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I should clarify that people are not required to stay here.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I can answer the first part, and I'll let Claudette answer the rest.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I took the easy question first. If we're talking about the family class applications that were in the backlog as of January 12, of the 1,700 people who made their applications at that point, there are still 12 people who have an application in process. For those who applied be

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. In many cases, we have reopened the file once the person got in touch with us again.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a bit of both. We are talking about cases for which a decision has been made. These are applications that were submitted both before and after the earthquake.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Only in the family class category.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's right. If you wish—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have the total, but I have not divided it into sub-categories.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, permanent residence applications.