Citizenship and Immigration committee  Rather than talking about Roxham Road, we should actually be discussing the Safe Third Country Agreement. We have to review the agreement that forces people to go to unofficial crossing points in order to enter into Canada. We think that the agreement should be reviewed or cancel

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It would indeed be harder for them to do business if migrants could enter the country at official border crossings.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I did not get the chance to say it earlier, but I think that it would be possible to use part of the budget to eliminate the backlog as a one-time measure before making systemic changes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that's a perfect example of the dysfunctional system that is IRCC. Maybe it worked when the volume of applications was lower, but now with the volume we have, that kind of back-and-forth takes so much time. Yes, that does contribute to the backlog. That creates more time

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would give it a bit more nuance, but generally, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would rather not hasard an opinion.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't have the answer.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Those levels are set by Quebec.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If it allows us to improve processing times, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Is that due to the efforts to catch up for the year 2020? I know that Quebec had increased its cap to 70,000 immigrants.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Well, that's good.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I am now.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. Western Africa in general has seen worrying levels of rejections. I think IRCC has the numbers, but between 70% to above 80% are rejections, specifically for study permit applications. Obviously, because these are francophone countries, most of the students were bound to go

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it all comes to allocation of resources. Again, we don't have enough visa offices and processing centres—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When it comes to visas, we get to the root of how immigration works in Canada, because not everybody needs a visa to get here. The nature of who needs a visa and who doesn't is bigger than I think what we're tackling today, and it affects disproportionately people of colour. Whe