Thank you, Madam.
As I said in my previous presentation, the CIC should compile a list of the trades and professions that are in high demand. That should be sent overseas. The new people brought in as temporary workers should be in those categories, not other categories. I think I've answered your question. CIC has to make a list, for example, we want 700 nurses, 200 plumbers. That is how it should be done.
The other thing is, when you're bringing a plumber or carpenter here, there has to be some kind of lowering of the language requirement. You don't need a high proficiency in English or French for a person who is going to come and do cleaning in a hotel or motel, or for somebody who is coming here as a caregiver or a bricklayer. The bureaucrats tend to apply the same level of education on low-skilled worker programs. We need hundreds of thousands of temporary workers to come here under the low-skilled category. Why do they need a grade 12 education? Grade 10 would be okay.
When I appeared in front of the parliamentary committee on immigration, I gave the example of Toronto. I was driving with a friend of mine downtown. We were talking and he told me that downtown Toronto was built by the Italians. I said these buildings probably can understand and speak Italian, but they may not understand English.
What I'm saying is that English may be a requirement for professionals--that is understood--but for the low-skilled workers program, in order to bring them in quickly, I think a lower level of English and grade 10 should be the minimum requirement.