Thank you very much, Madam Chair. It's always a pleasure to be on your committee. It's pretty well run. I'm happy that we have ministry officials answering questions.
I have a few concerns—well, not concerns, actually. It's an information-seeking mission, I guess.
I was very excited about the announcement about cleaning up the express entry pool, our inventory, back in the beginning of, I think it was mid-February, or the first week of February. I was really excited about that because I know over 20,000 applicants have been waiting patiently and were very anxious about the effect of COVID. They are now actually receiving a surprise invitation from the ministry. I know that over 70% of those applicants scored over 400 points, which is quite impressive. This means that they have a lot of work and study experience in Canada. It will help them integrate really well into our workforce.
I guess my concern is whether we have enough staff power to process, I think, upwards of 27,000 applications. Is it going to cause a lengthy delay or backlog in the system?