Public Accounts committee  Yes, I do. If I may add another point of order under our protocol, I want to suggest that, when the invitation is sent to the Auditor General to appear, can we not also invite the deputy minister of finance to come for an explanation?

Public Accounts committee  Okay, thank you.

Public Accounts committee  I have a point of order then.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. I do want to be clear about this. Is that an amendment to his motion, is this a new motion or is he simply on a point of order under the Simm's protocol, sharing an idea that—

Public Accounts committee  If that's the case, then I'll leave the floor with Mr. Christopherson, but if this is a motion then I wish to speak to it.

Public Accounts committee  You were quite candid in your remarks about the system being overwhelmed and not having the capacity to deal with the influx of claims. Had this been adequately conveyed to the minister?

Public Accounts committee  The reason I asked the question about whether the minister was aware of his system being overwhelmed is that he spent considerable energy dismissing claims that Canada was not prepared and not able to deal with the claims that came in and that the intake of claims was resulting i

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. I wanted to get a little more clarity. Mr. Christopherson asked for a dollar figure that would actually clear the backlog, but I noted that the answer we got back was regarding what it is expected to take to merely get to a point of equilibrium where the backlog doesn

Public Accounts committee  Everyone, I assume, agrees that Canada must have a compassionate and rules-based system. You mentioned in your opening remarks that you wish to strive for fast, fair and final decision-making. Do you consider an end goal of getting the wait times down to two years and holding a

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. Listening to the line of questioning from my colleague, Madam Mendès, and not having the benefit of her experience of being directly involved in the system over the years, I found it very troubling. Ten years ago, another parliamentary committee had identified the

Public Accounts committee  That's disappointing. In your comments you said something that struck me as well. You talked about how the recent spike in refugee asylum claims has caused you to do what you call a “deep dive” into your information. You talked about what I thought you said was beginning to tra

Public Accounts committee  Thank you. That gives me the answer. Will the funding announced in the budget clear the backlog, and if so, when?

Public Accounts committee  If I understand you correctly, the current funding is going to allow the rate of growth of the backlog to shrink and reach an equilibrium wherein there will be a two-year delay.

Public Accounts committee  Two years from now the growth in the backlog will finish growing and we will merely have a backlog of 75,000—

Public Accounts committee  How high?