Citizenship and Immigration committee  Basically, in general terms, the provinces' nomination authorities are a substitute for the selection processes that the immigration act and regulations lay out in categories like skilled workers, or the Canadian experience class, or our business programs. They are an alternative

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's probably best not to express my opinion but to outline the policy of the federal government in that regard.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today about the provincial nominee program, and more specifically about how the program has developed in recent years. Immigration is a shared responsibility and provincial and territorial governments are prima