Human Resources committee  That's an interesting question.

Human Resources committee  I would suggest anything to make it open for a longer period.

Human Resources committee  Yes, it very definitely will.

Human Resources committee  A longer term will. Maybe I didn't interpret your question properly.

Human Resources committee  I think both. I'm sorry, maybe I'm being very anal and pedantic here, but I don't understand the line of questioning. Are you saying to integrate the people, is it better to do it over a short period or a long period?

Human Resources committee  I don't know. I think I'm answering both to the same question now. I'm sorry. I'm confused. Are you asking whether to integrate people it is better to try to integrate them into Canada over a short period versus a long period? Is that the question?

Human Resources committee  I think the shorter period would be better in being able to make them become part of Canada, but if it takes longer to do it, and they become employees, I think that's great too. I'm sorry. I'm not trying to talk out of both sides of my mouth.

Human Resources committee  That's correct.

Human Resources committee  Yes, it's very much so. In fact, about three years ago in Alberta, we commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers to do a summary of what the wage rates were and how they reflected minimum wages and above. Going back three years ago, through PWC, we showed that the average was about $16

Human Resources committee  Yes, there are problems with it. There are a whole variety of problems, everything from where to advertise, how long do you do that, to the information that you collect, and proving that we've done everything in our power. At the end of the day, you have to remember that in a hot

Human Resources committee  One of the big problems is the lack of consistency across Canada.

Human Resources committee  When you want to go through an LMIA process, it makes no sense to me whatsoever that if we're looking for people in Atlantic Canada...and Janet Goulding will be here shortly to give you the numbers on it. It's much faster to engage somebody in one part of the country than it is i

Human Resources committee  I would like to be able to see consistency right across the board. If you're looking for somebody, let's say, in Mont-Tremblant, which probably isn't a good example, because Quebec is a bit different here. I come from Quebec and I'm allowed to say that, I guess. If you're look

Human Resources committee  We provide the lodging, again, subject to what the labour regulations are and so forth. We provide the lodging and the airfare; bring the people in, fly them in. I often get asked the question, why don't we hire more Canadians? As a businessman, if I have access to something that

Human Resources committee  I mentioned Fort Mac; that's an extreme situation. At any given time over the last several years, we employed about 10,000 people under the program, out of the 350,000 or so who were part of it. Travel and tourism is growing at about 5%, a hell of a lot more than GDP or anything